News tagged with tectonic plate boundary
Beneath the surface
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2009 |
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It was the geological collision between India and Asia millions of years ago that created one of the world's most distinctive places: The area around Lake Baikal in Siberia, which contains 20 per cent of the world's fresh ...
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The mammoths' swan song revised
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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This is shown by samples of ancient DNA, analysed by an international team of research scientists under the leadership of Professor Eske Willerslev from Copenhagen University. Analyses of ancient DNA thereby ...
Sucker-footed bats don't use suction after all (w/ Video)
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There are approximately 1,200 species of bats worldwide. Of that total, only six are known to roost with their heads pointed upward. Investigators did not know why, because they knew next to nothing about ...
SwRI's integrated avionics control NASA's WISE spacecraft
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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NASA's latest spacecraft, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), launched Dec. 14, carries an ultra-sensitive infrared instrument that will take nearly 1.5 million images of the sky at four wavelengths and provide ...
Yellowstone's plumbing exposed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...
New Technology Allows Geophysicist To Test Theory About Formation of Hawaii (w/ Podcast)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever been to Hawaii, you probably spent your time enjoying the scenery of the beautiful islands, rather than wondering how they got to be there in the first place. But that's just what scientists ...
Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Physicists working in space plasmas have made clever use of the Ulysses spacecraft and the solar minimum to create a massive virtual lab bench to provide a unique test for the science underlying turbulent ...
Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand
Dec 11, 2009 |
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If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to ...
Cassini closes in on the centuries-old mystery of Saturn's moon Iapetus
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Extensive analyses and modeling of Cassini imaging and heat-mapping data have confirmed and extended previous ideas that migrating ice, triggered by infalling reddish dust that darkens and warms the surface, ...
Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The Mediterranean Sea was mostly filled in less than two years in a dramatic flood around 5.33 million years ago in which water poured in from the Atlantic, according to a study published Wednesday.
Plate-eating good: University of Montreal professor designs edible tableware
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Finishing your plate may soon take on a literal meaning. Diane Bisson, a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Industrial Design, has fashioned edible plates that are practical, stylish and tasty. ...
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