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Engineers Try to Bring Down the House During Simulated Earthquake Tests
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California at San Diego put a single-story house to the test on January 26 via a series of strong simulated earthquake shakes. The first jolt to the wood-stud ...
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Hot Debate over Icy Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 08, 2009 |
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The recent discovery of plumes containing water vapor erupting from the south pole of the frigid Saturnian moon Enceladus set off a firestorm of debate.
Retrofitted Historic Building Survives Strong Simulated Jolts During UCSD Test (w/ Video)
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a series of rigorous simulated earthquakes - measuring up to a 7.5 magnitude - jolted the three-story, 1920s era reinforced concrete structure, UC San Diego engineers were not quite sure ...
Why Weight Watchers succeeds: Meetings provide a blend of spirituality and therapy
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Weight Watchers is the world's largest support group, with more than 1.5 million members worldwide. What makes overweight consumers turn to this organization for help? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says d ...
Extraterrestrial platinum was 'stirred' into the Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet’s large-scale convection processes.
One-story masonry building survives strong jolts during seismic tests (w/Video)
Apr 14, 2009 |
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A one-story masonry structure survived two days of intense earthquake jolts after engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego put it to the test. The series of tests, performed at UC ...
A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo
Apr 08, 2009 |
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A new type of eco-friendly residential house made of bamboo now stands in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Light-activated antibacterial coating is new weapon in fight against hospital-acquired infections
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A new hard coating with antibacterial properties that has been tested by researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute has been shown to kill 99.9% of Escherichia coli bacteria when a white hospital light was shone on its ...
It's time to green this old (White) House - again
Mar 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama will find out two things as he studies how to make the White House more environmentally friendly:
Dune and Dirty: Hurricane Teaches Lessons Through Ecosystem Research
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Dr. Rusty Feagin was managing several ecosystem research projects on Galveston Island when the 2008 hurricane season began. Then he got an unexpected visit from a research assistant named Ike.
Engineers work to make historic buildings safer during strong earthquakes
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Recent simulated earthquake tests conducted by UC San Diego engineers are expected to lead to retrofit schemes that make historic buildings safer. The structural engineers tested a structure similar to those ...
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