Given that we are at, or nearly at, Peak Oil, it stands to reason that the costs associated with building roads are increasing, and that government can no longer afford to maintain their road systems. Now, a new method of producing asphalt is being developed to counter these effects.The technique is critical for avoi... |
1 November 2010
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According to astrobiologists, the asphalt lakes that can be found at several locations on our planet are the closest accessible equivalent to the liquid hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. This is one of the main reasons why they are oftentimes used as proxies in conducting various types of research associated with the Satur... |
7 May 2010
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Marine researchers are perfectly aware of the fact that the world's oceans have only revealed a minute part of their secrets thus far. Immense swaths of ocean floor are still not mapped, and only superficially studied, as the sheer size of the water-covered areas makes thorough surveys difficult. Still, from tim... |
26 April 2010
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Given the excessively cold winter we just experienced, the road infrastructure in many countries has been severely affected. Large amounts of precipitations, and of snow melting, have caused more than 1.6 million potholes to appear on streets in the United Kingdom alone. Authorities are currently facing the possibili... |
24 February 2010
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Asphalt Urban GT is a racing video game for the Nintendo DS and the Nokia N-Gage handheld consoles. It was developed by Gameloft and published by Ubisoft and released on November 21, 2004, making it one of the DS launch titles. It has support for wireless multiplayer with up to four opponents and takes advantage of t... |
2 October 2008
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Asphalt Urban GT is a racing video game for the Nintendo DS and the Nokia N-Gage handheld consoles. It was developed by Gameloft and published by Ubisoft and released on November 21, 2004, making it one of the DS launch titles. It has support for wireless multiplayer with up to four opponents and takes advantage of t... |
1 October 2008
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Potholes are the nightmare of any driver. Fixing asphalt damage caused by water infiltration comes with a great monetary cost and produces extra traffic delays as roads must be often closed during repair work. But in the asphalt technology, the way water induces damages in the asphalt structure is not a well-known pr... |
11 June 2007
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Bacteria come from hell. They can survive in the toughest environments. Now a team at UC Riverside has found in the Rancho La Brea tar pits in midtown Los Angeles, California, hundreds of new bacterial species that live in heavy oil and natural asphalt!Inside the 28,000 years old mix of soil and heavy oil, the bacter... |
11 May 2007
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