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LIDAR applications in coastal morphology and hazard assessment

Southampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following a catastrophic series ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California

New hazard maps for communities from San Jose to Palo Alto in Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: a magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas ...

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI

(AP) -- For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Robot reconnoiters uncharted terrain

Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them through unknown territory. Researchers have now developed ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cliffhanging corals avoid trawler damage

Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Double tsunami' doubled Japan destruction

Researchers have discovered that the destructive tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, amplifying ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers create first of its kind gene map of sulfate-reducing bacterium

Critical genetic secrets of a bacterium that holds potential for removing toxic and radioactive waste from the environment have been revealed in a study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thousand-color sensor reveals contaminants in Earth and sea

The world may seem painted with endless color, but physiologically the human eye sees only three bands of light — red, green, and blue. Now a Tel Aviv University-developed technology is using colors invisible ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GM: Self-driving vehicles could be ready by end of decade

Vehicles that partially drive themselves will be available by the middle of the decade with more sophisticated self-driving systems by the end of the decade, General Motors Vice President of Global Research ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Argonne team helps map Fukushima radiation release

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors unfolded in Japan, several employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory were lacing up their boots.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breathless in the Megacity

Megacities offer the enticing prospect of employment and the benefits of an urban infrastructure – but they also expose their inhabitants to high levels of air pollution. Together with an Indian Partner ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

US scientists testing earthquake early warning

Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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