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People walk on a plateform on the flooded Piazza San Marco (St Mark's square) in Venice

Nearly half of Venice underwater

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said.


A view of San Francisco

San Francisco vs Amsterdam in green city rivalry

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

San Francisco and Amsterdam set an online stage for an environmental rivalry regarding which city is more nature-friendly.


UQ archaeology digs into the life behind Pompeii

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brisbane may be 2000 years and half-a-world away from Pompeii, but it hasn’t stopped a UQ archaeologist from digging up some hidden treasures.


Court to review employer access to worker messages

Technology / Other

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts.


TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera announced Monday the launch in Stockholm and Oslo of the world's first commercial 4G/LTE mobile network, up to 10 times faster than current networks.


Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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NASA researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid ...


Exposures to metals and diesel emissions in air linked to respiratory symptoms in children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by ...


Generating electricity from air flow

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity. ...


Locals will be able to access the Internet without paying line rental or a connection charge

British town to offer free wi-fi to all residents

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swindon has become the first place in Britain to offer free wireless Internet access to all its 186,000 residents, in what is thought to be the first such scheme, officials said on Tuesday.


Researchers from France and Turkey scanned the Marmara's seabed over six weeks

Underwater gas may hold clues on Turkey quake risk

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Natural gas that lies under Turkey's Marmara Sea close to Istanbul could provide advance warning of an earthquake experts believe will hit the country's largest city, scientists said on Tuesday.



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