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Listening to rocks helps researchers better understand earthquakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Apollo punished King Midas by giving him donkey ears, only the king and his barber knew. Unable to keep a secret, the barber dug a hole, whispered into it, "King Midas has donkey ears," ...
'Invisibility cloak' could protect against earthquakes
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Liverpool has shown it is possible to develop an 'invisibility cloak' to protect buildings from earthquakes.
Mathematicians provide new insight into tsunamis
Apr 01, 2009 |
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A new mathematical formula that could be used to give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be has been worked out by scientists at Newcastle University.
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El Nino Picking Up Steam
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.
New High Frequency Amplifier Harnesses Millimeter Waves in Silicon for Fast Wireless
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New imaging and high capacity wireless communications systems are one step closer to reality, thanks to a millimeter wave amplifier invented at the University of California, San Diego and ...
Monster Waves on the Sun are Real (w/ Video)
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar ...
Gravity Waves Make Tornados
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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Did you know that there's a new breakfast food that helps meteorologists predict severe storms? Down South they call it "GrITs."
Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved (w/ Video)
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as ...
Controlling the electronic surface properties of a material
Jul 17, 2009 |
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A recent breakthrough by researchers at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute sees for the first time the creation of thin films with controllable electronic properties. This discovery could have a large impact ...
Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market
Jul 03, 2008 |
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A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.
Pelamis Wave Power: In the Sweet Spot of the Curl for Renewable Energy
Nov 09, 2007 |
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The Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power Converter has undergone stringest testing over the past ten years before its launch into the commercial market. The project has achieved world-wide attention and created ...
Weird wave behavior may explain why the whirligig walks in circles
Mar 04, 2008 |
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The whirligig beetle is named for its trademark of walking in circles on the surface of water. Upon investigating a new phenomenon of water wave generation, scientists might now understand why.
A New View of Coronal Waves
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The corona is the hot outer region of the sun's atmosphere. The corona is threaded by magnetic fields that loop and twist upwards from the sun's surface, driven by motions of its dense atmosphere.
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