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Caltech researchers gain greater insight into earthquake cyclesPasadena CA (SPX) May 16, 2012 For those who study earthquakes, one major challenge has been trying to understand all the physics of a fault-both during an earthquake and at times of "rest"-in order to know more about how a particular region may behave in the future. Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed the first computer model of an earthquake-producing fault segment that reproduces, in a single physical framework, the available observations of both the fault's seismic (fast) and aseism ... read more |
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  First Forecast Calls for Mild Amazon Fire Season in 2012 Forests in the Amazon Basin are expected to be less vulnerable to wildfires this year, according to the first forecast from a new fire severity model developed by university and NASA researchers. ... more | .. |
  Anthropologist finds explanation for hominin brain evolution in famous fossil One of the world's most important fossils has a story to tell about the brain evolution of modern humans and their ancestors, according to Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean F ... more | .. |
  Plastic trash altering ocean habitats A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution ... more | .. |
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  North Atlantic storm patterns throw light on 1987 gale The cyclone that brought about the devastating winds that battered the UK in the great storm of October 1987 was exceptional in both its strength and path across the south of the country. This is th ... more | .. |
  Scientists 'read' the ash from the Icelandic volcano 2 years after its eruption In May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull reached the Iberian Peninsula and brought airports to a halt all over Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using ... more | .. |
  UCLA scientists unlock mystery of how 'handedness' arises The overwhelming majority of proteins and other functional molecules in our bodies display a striking molecular characteristic: They can exist in two distinct forms that are mirror images of each ot ... more | .. |
  Time, place and how wood is used are factors in carbon emissions from deforestation A new study from the University of California, Davis, provides a deeper understanding of the complex global impacts of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions. The study, published in the advance ... more |
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Anthropic touts improved Claude AI models
EU parliament backs carbon border tax exemption
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 Nearly one-tenth of hemisphere's mammals unlikely to outrun climate change A safe haven could be out of reach for 9 percent of the Western Hemisphere's mammals, and as much as 40 percent in certain regions, because the animals just won't move swiftly enough to outpace clim ... more | .. |
 One Quarter Of Grouper Species Being Fished To Extinction Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival. As part of the International Union for Conservation of N ... more | .. |
 Olympics: London faces up to 'greenest' Games pledge London has pledged to host the greenest Olympic Games ever staged, but it could take years before the promises start to flower. ... more | .. |
  Russia 'a growing grain power' Russia has exported 20 million tons of wheat since last July, making it the world's second biggest wheat exporter. Acting First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov gave the figure to farming e ... more |
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  Russia's Antarctic probes to be tested in Ladoga Lake Scientists with the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) and the Mining Institute have created several prototype probes and samplers that will ... more | .. |
 Russia Questions Dutch Vegetable Safety Russia's food safety chief Gennady Onishchenko raised doubts on Monday over the safety of vegetables imported from the Netherlands, which he said had been experimenting with mutations of the avian f ... more | .. |
  Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributor A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Europe's voters revolt The anti-austerity revolt of European voters continued Sunday when electors in a key German province gave Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats just 28 percent of the vote, the party's lowest perentage since 1948. ... more |
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Israel military says intercepted missile fired from Yemen
Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices
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 Outside View: Threat to justice everywhere Outlandish is probably the polite way to describe a claim made by the U.S. State Department during a recent court hearing on the People's Mujahedin of Iran. ... more | .. |
  Snow hits Bosnian capital The Bosnian capital and its surroundings were covered by snow on Monday, the first time in half a century snow has settled in Sarajevo at this time of year, as temperatures plunged to just above freezing. ... more | .. |
  Climate talks open in Bonn to tackle emissions targets A new round of global climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday with rich and poor countries squaring off over greenhouse gas reduction targets to halt the pace of planet warming. ... more | .. |
  Dalai Lama collects $1.8 mn prize after meeting Cameron Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama met British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday during a visit to London to receive one of the world's richest prizes, a government spokesman said. ... more |
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 Economic growth sows unhappiness in China China's economic growth of the last 20 years has generally been met with declining happiness, especially among the poorest members of society, according to a US analysis published on Monday. ... more | .. |
  HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: study People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found. ... more | .. |
  Anti-whaling group leader ordered held in Germany A German court on Monday ordered Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, to remain in custody a day after his arrest on a warrant from Costa Rica. ... more | .. |
 Plants disappear as a result of climate changes Climate changes mean that species are disappearing from European mountain regions. This is shown by new research involving biologists from the University of Gothenburg, the results of which are now ... more |
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SpaceX mega-rocket Starship 9 cleared for launch following earlier mission failures
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
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 Climate scientists discover new weak point of the Antarctic ice sheet The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These pr ... more | .. |
 New Research Reveals Challenges in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulatory Process A new innovation can completely reshape an industry - inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ignited a buzz in the agricultural commun ... more | .. |
 Antarctic octopuses 10,000km apart "genetically similar" Scientists at the University have found that genetic information on the Antarctic octopus supports studies indicating that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could have collapsed during its history, possi ... more | .. |
 Agricultural bacteria: Blowing in the wind It was all too evident during the Dust Bowl what a disastrous impact wind can have on dry, unprotected topsoil. Now a new study has uncovered a less obvious, but still troubling, effect of wind: Not ... more |
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 New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other ... more | .. |
 More evidence for longevity pathway New research reinforces the claim that resveratrol-a compound found in plants and food groups, notably red wine-prolongs lifespan and health-span by boosting the activity of mitochondria, the cell's ... more | .. |
 Scientists core into California's Clear Lake to explore past climate change University of California, Berkeley, scientists are drilling into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California's Clear Lake for clues that could help them better predict how today's plants ... more | .. |
 Keeping immune cells alive and kicking New results from research on the International Space Station are offering clues on why astronauts' immune systems don't work as well in space. The findings may benefit the elderly on Earth. As ... more |
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