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Earth Sciences RSS FeedsMIT: New insights on fusion power - (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Research carried out at MIT's Alcator C-Mod fusion reactor may have brought the promise of fusion as a future power source a bit closer to reality, though scientists caution that a practical fusion powerplant is still decades away....Feed Source: www.eurekalert.org Researchers examine role of soil patterns in dam restoration - (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Looking at the site today, it's easy to forget that a dam and pond stood for 43 years on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Franbrook Farm Research Station in southwestern Wisconsin. All traces of the structure are gone and acres of plants, both native and weedy, now carpet the floor of the former basin.... 'World Energy Outlook' to be presented at Rice University Dec. 9 - (Rice University) Richard H. Jones, deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency, will present the "World Energy Outlook 2008" Dec. 9 at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.... Uncovering the real dirt on granular flow - (University of Wisconsin-Madison) A handful of sand contains countless grains, which interact with each other via friction and impact forces as they slip through your fingers. When a handful becomes a load in an excavator bucket, those interactions multiply exponentially. ... Forest inventories in Oregon include more than trees - (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station) The first five-year forest inventory report for Oregon's private and public lands is now available to the public: Oregon's Forest Resources, 2001-2005: Five-Year Forest Inventory and Analysis Report. ... Expeditions reveal gulf of California's deep sea secrets, as well as human imprints - (University of California - San Diego) A submersible voyage was the first to study the biodiversity of the gulf's undersea mountain habitats far below the reach of scuba.... Golf course: Playing fields, wildlife sanctuaries or both - (University of Missouri-Columbia) Semlitsch and Mark Mackey, a graduate student at MU, are examining the effect of golf courses on salamander populations. Working with 10 golf courses in North Carolina, Semlitsch and Mackey are measuring stream salamanders' abundance and diversity in order to make biologically relevant management suggestions for golf course superintendents. The researchers are hoping to balance human recreation with the protection of wildlife. ... Cellular senescence a double-edged sword - (DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Scientists have shown that cellular senescence, the process by which biological cells stop dividing in response to stress or damage to their DNA, triggers the secretion of proteins that cause inflammation in neighboring cells and tissue. Inflammation is linked to almost every major disease associated with aging, including many cancers.... How to destroy an asteroid - (American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University studies the makeup of asteroids to save earth from sci-fi disaster.... ESA satellites flying in formation - (European Space Agency) Based on the outstanding success of the first tandem mission between ERS-2 and Envisat last year, ESA has paired the two satellites together again to help improve our understanding of the planet.... ESA tests laser to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide - (European Space Agency) A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer A-SCOPE mission.... EPA's risk assessment process bogged down by unprecedented challenges; - (National Academy of Sciences) The US Environmental Protection Agency's process of generating risk assessments -- which estimate the potential adverse effects posed by harmful chemicals found in the environment in order to protect public health.... Managing carbon loss - (American Society of Agronomy) The push for alternative energy has created a large demand for corn stover, a popular feedstock used to produce cellulosic ethanol, but utilizing these materials, rather than using it as compost, means a loss of soil organic carbon. Researchers have studied the effectiveness of alternative carbon augmentation practices and have reported positive results, as detailed in the November-December 2008 issue of Agronomy Journal.... Dogs chase efficiently, but cats skulk counterintuitively - (Duke University) A Duke University study suggests that evolution can behave as differently as dogs and cats. While the dogs depend on an energy-efficient style of four-footed running over long distances to catch their prey, cats seem to have evolved a profoundly inefficient gait, tailor-made to creep up on a mouse or bird in slow motion.... 3-D laser scanning: A new soil quality measurement - (Soil Science Society of America) Bulk density is an important measurement for soil researches to obtain when determining a soil's quality, and a new 3-D laser scanning technique has shown to be an effective alternative to traditional methods, which are often difficult for researchers to perform properly. The results of the study are published in the November-December 2008 issue of the Soil Science Society of America Journal.... Potential for large earthquake off coast of Sumatra remains large, says Caltech-led team - (California Institute of Technology) The subduction zone that brought us the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami is ripe for yet another large event, despite a sequence of quakes that occurred in the Mentawai Islands area in 2007, according to a group of earthquake researchers led by scientists from the Tectonics Observatory at the California Institute of Technology.... Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to host - (American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) More than 350 participants from over 40 countries are expected to participate in the largest international conference focused on the environment, which will be held at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. ... PNNL developing blueprint for code enforcement in China - (DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will develop an action plan for building energy code enforcement that can be deployed in small and medium-sized cities across China, where half of the world's new construction will occur in the next 10 years.... PNNL researchers earn top honors at Supercomputing conference - (DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The amount of DNA sequence data to be analyzed is piling up. Now, genome sequence analysis can be made interactive and intuitive, helping researchers find hidden relationships in massive amounts of data. This award-winning program combined multiple databases, analysis software and a "visualization technology" that presents data in unique visual patterns and allows users to interactively explore them. It won "Best Overall" at the recent Supercomputing '08 High Performance Computing Analytics Challenge in Austin, Texas.... Why the 'perfect' body isn't always perfect - (University of Chicago Press Journals) The hormones that make women physically stronger, more competitive and better able to deal with stress also tend to redistribute fat from the hips to the waist, according to Elizabeth Cashdan, an anthropologist at the University of Utah. So in societies and situations where women are under pressure to procure resources, they may be less likely to have the classic hourglass figure.... Using the other guy's toolkit: Similarities of pumping blood, oil examined - (University of Houston) Scientists and engineers from two of the nation's largest industries -- medicine and energy -- will come together Dec. 8, along with academicians, to explore synergies in moving oil and pumping blood. The Pumps & Pipes II conference will stimulate discussion, spark ideas and share new technologies among experts in the petroleum, medical and imaging industries that face similar challenges, even if on a very different scale. ... ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic - (European Space Agency) The Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 years. These long term data sets in combination with ESA's future missions will be key in implementing the newly adopted European Commission policy called 'the European Union and the Arctic Region'.... From sheet metal elements to host cells: DFG launches 10 new collaborative research centers - (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) On Jan. 1, 2009, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft will launch 10 new collaborative research centers. They will be initially funded for the next four years with a total of approximately 90 million euros (US$114 million).... New publishing partnership for Energy for Sustainable Development - (Elsevier) Starting in January 2009 Elsevier will be the official publisher of Energy for Sustainable Development.... Ecological impact of African cities - (Wiley-Blackwell) African cities are growing faster than anywhere else in the world. This is having a major impact, but few ecologists are studying the urban environment and effect of cities on rural areas. One of the most important ecological changes in Africa's history is being overlooked.... Copyright © 2008, Go 2 Clickbank. All Rights Reserved. |