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By comparing pictures and computer models of areas neighboring fault lines – taken both before and after a major earthquake occurs – scientists can now gain a deeper understanding of how these sectors of Earth's crust move and interact during seismic events.
Such investigations could come in very h... |
10 February 2012
04:55 GMT |
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Investigators analyzing the history of California's Eel River have recently determined that the water course was at one point a large lake, which was created after the usual flow was blocked by a tremendous landslide.
Scientists say that evidence of this can be found everywhere in the basin, especially by thos... |
15 November 2011
06:07 GMT |
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A team of experts with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, carried out a new series of investigations and flight tests. During the experiments, experts assessed the performances of a new type of LIDAR technology.LIDAR, short for Light Detection And Ranging, is an optical ranging techn... |
12 May 2011
05:31 GMT |
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This April, a 7.2-magnitude El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake struck Mexico and the American Southwest, in what was one of the largest tremors to hit the area in more than a century. Studies of the event now indicate that the quake may have boosted seismic risks for Southern California.
At this point, the area is at ris... |
17 December 2010
02:39 GMT |
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A team of experts from the UK and New Zealand says that it's possible to use LIDAR technology to determine how much coastal morphologies change following catastrophic landslides. Knowing this is very important because it may help authorities determine when the next natural disaster will hit, thus helping them pr... |
30 November 2010
04:42 GMT |
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Over the weekend, Google has unveiled one of its most ambitious projects to date, autonomous vehicles. The technology company has a fleet of seven cars which have clocked in 140,000 miles on public roads in California as well as in more controlled environments. "Our automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and... |
11 October 2010
06:21 GMT |
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Officials that the University of Houston announce that a new deal has been sealed between the institution and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The document sets the foundation for the construction of a new national center in Houston. The NSF National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM), together with i... |
14 April 2010
02:44 GMT |
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Extracting the maximum amount of energy out of the available wind is the ultimate goal for all wind farm operators. The structures are already constructed in areas that have been deemed appropriate for this type of exploitation, but even then a number of issues can arise. For instance, gusts of wind slamming the prop... |
26 March 2010
07:56 GMT |
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People who have had at least marginal contact with Google Maps, or Yahoo Maps, among other similar applications, will have an easy time getting accustomed to seeing their cities from above, but this time in 3D. The technology is not new, but plans are to transform it considerably, in the sense that users will soon be... |
1 December 2009
05:01 GMT |
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A robotics convention saw last week the introduction of a new vehicle able to perform on-the-go 3D measurements and maps of a certain area. The new machine, called ROAMS, was built from commercially available, off-the-shelf parts, with funds provided by the US Army. The Remotely Operated and Autonomous Mapping System... |
18 November 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Whenever people think of the Red Planet, what usually jumps to mind are the arid, barren and sandy landscapes that have been widely circulated over the years in NASA images. But the reality of the Martian surface is a bit different than widely believed, a fact that was evidenced by the last readings sent back by the ... |
3 July 2009
06:38 GMT |
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Experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) managed to create one of the most sophisticated and accurate laser ranging systems, combining two very precise long-distance measurement techniques with an optical survey method known as an optical frequency comb. The result is a LIDAR (Light Detect... |
25 May 2009
06:08 GMT |
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Over the years, researchers trying to get an estimate of how much dinosaurs weighed have always come across the same obstacle, and namely the fact that the beasts have been dead for about 65 million years. Up to this point, no suitable instrument has been available for such measurements, but now experts have invented... |
25 February 2009
01:55 GMT |
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The system proposed by Freedom Sciences, a company commercializing motorized wheelchairs along with a modified Chrysler minivan, uses automatic devices to open and close the doors of the car, to lower the seat of the driver and load the robotic wheelchair at the push of a button. Once the driver reaches the designate... |
30 April 2008
10:19 GMT |
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