News tagged with strike
USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!
Kansas scientists probe mysterious possible comet strikes on Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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It's the stuff of a Hollywood disaster epic: A comet plunges from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere, splitting the sky with a devastating shock wave that flattens forests and shakes the countryside.
A lightning strike in Africa helps take the pulse of the sun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Sunspots, which rotate around the sun's surface, tell us a great deal about our own planet. Scientists rely on them, for instance, to measure the sun's rotation or to prepare long-range forecasts of the Earth's ...
Research says modern work-related stress damages national output more than 1970s strikes
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research presented by Bernard Casey of the University of Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research shows that work-related stress today damages national output even more than the loss to national output ...
Lightning bolts a risk for modern jets
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Passenger jets are hit by lightning every 1,000 hours -- on average twice a year -- and experts say the risk from the bolts of electricity is growing.
Union OKs strike at AT&T; contracts end April 4
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Union workers at AT&T are giving their leaders the authority to call a strike as part of negotiations for a new contract covering 112,500 employees.
Research helps electric utilities and manufacturers protect against lightning
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Firing bolts of lightning at expensive electrical equipment is all in a day's work at NEETRAC - the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center. The goal for the lightning research and ...
Panamanian termite goes ballistic: Fastest mandible strike in the world
Biology /
Nov 24, 2008 |
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A single hit on the head by the termite Termes panamensis (Snyder), which possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded, is sufficient to kill a would-be nest invader, report Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven, ...
Tobacco companies paid movie stars millions in celebrity endorsement deals
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Tobacco companies paid the Hollywood A-listers of the 1930s and 1940s millions of dollars in today's money to endorse particular brands of cigarette, under contract, reveals research in Tobacco Control.
Psychological downside to strike action
Jul 30, 2008 |
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While industrial action is largely perceived as a legitimate means of encouraging organisational change in Australia, research has shown industrial action can adversely affect those involved.
