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With an average of four mini-earthquakes per day, Southern California`s San Jacinto fault constantly adjusts to make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its quiet neighbor to the east, the Southern San Andreas fault, according to an article in the journal Nature Geoscience.
"Those minor to moderate events along the San Jacinto [...]
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Innovative marine sensor technologies developed by researchers at the University of Southampton have been tested on a research cruise (D333, RRS Discovery, Canary Islands) and are now ready to be developed further for commercialisation.
Nine months into the four year £2 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded [...]
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The planet’s present day greenhouse scourge, carbon dioxide, may have played a vital role in helping ancient Earth to escape from complete glaciation, say scientists in a paper published online today.
In their review for Nature Geoscience, UK scientists claim that the Earth never froze over completely during the Cryogenian Period, about 840 to 635 million [...]
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Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego returning from research expeditions in Mexico have captured unprecedented details of vibrant sea life and ecosystems in the Gulf of California, including documentations of new species and marine animals previously never seen alive.
Yet the expeditions, which included surveys at unexplored depths, have revealed disturbing declines [...]
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The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may help dissolve blood clots in less time than using clot-busting drugs alone, according to researchers at Emory University. The study will be presented Nov. 23, 2008 at the annual VEITHsymposium in New York City.
"These clots are a main cause of both heart attacks and [...]
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Cold, clean water from Lake Ontario has the potential to act as a natural coolant for buildings 30 miles away in Syracuse, N.Y., while reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses, substantially cutting energy costs, and aiding in the restoration of the long-polluted Onondaga Lake, according to a team of scientists from the SUNY College of Environmental [...]
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A new study highlights how the exploration of the ocean depths can benefit humankind. This is the story of a voyage of discovery, starting with marine animals that glow, the identification of the molecules responsible and their application as marker in living cells.
Many marine organisms such as sea anemones and corals produce fluorescent proteins, which [...]
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Scientists from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge and from the British Geological Survey have published new research in the journal Geology this month (November) shedding new light on a 500-million year old mystery.
The 500 million year-old fossils of the Burgess Shale in Canada, discovered over a century ago, still provide one of the most [...]
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Groove-like tracks on the ocean floor made by giant deep-sea single-celled organisms could lead to new insights into the evolutionary origin of animals, says biologist Mikhail "Misha" Matz from The University of Texas at Austin.
Matz and his colleagues recently discovered the grape-sized protists and their complex tracks on the ocean floor near the Bahamas. This [...]
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Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains affected by Gulf War Syndrome.
Richard Gunst, Wayne Woodward and William Schucany, professors in SMU`s Statistical Science Department, are collaborating with imaging [...]
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