http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A deadly earthquake in the Italian town of L'Aquila in 2009 which killed 309 people "was not unforeseeable", a judge said Thursday, reigniting a heated scientific debate over whether experts should have warned the population beforehand. http://phys.org/news287928901.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 May 2013 13:15:21 EST news287928901 Another volcano in Alaska is heating up, with seismic instruments signaling a possible eruption. http://phys.org/news287684098.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:01 EST news287684098 (Phys.org) —The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically, one of the least understood. The animal's huge size and global range make its movements and behavior hard to study. http://phys.org/news287680611.html Biology Mon, 13 May 2013 16:17:24 EST news287680611 (AP)—One jolt hit in the middle of the night. Another caught fishermen at a nearby beach. Then the ground shook at supper. And then again, and again: More than 170 tremors were felt in Navidad in just five weeks. The strongest struck during a funeral, and sent panicked mourners fleeing into the street. http://phys.org/news274596122.html Space & Earth Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:00:01 EST news274596122 Strong buildings in earthquake zones are by the best form of defence against tremors, University of Edinburgh expert says. http://phys.org/news270982633.html Space & Earth Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:57:24 EST news270982633 A court will deliver a verdict Monday in the trial of six Italian scientists and a government official charged with manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a killer earthquake in 2009. http://phys.org/news270093909.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:05:24 EST news270093909 A verdict in the trial of seven top Italian scientists for manslaughter for underestimating the risks of an earthquake which killed 309 people in L'Aquila, central Italy, in 2009, is expected on Monday. http://phys.org/news269856044.html Space & Earth Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:00:55 EST news269856044 A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern US state of Maine and was felt as far south as Boston and throughout New England, shocking residents unaccustomed to such tremors. http://phys.org/news269664723.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:52:10 EST news269664723 The Greek tourist island of Santorini on Tuesday said fears of a volcanic eruption after a magma buildup recorded by scientists last year were unfounded as geological activity had returned to normal. http://phys.org/news266583897.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:05:10 EST news266583897 A sharp aftershock registering 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked rural areas around Iran's third city Tabriz on Tuesday just days after twin temblors caused deadly devastation, Iranian scientists said. http://phys.org/news264162641.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:30:55 EST news264162641 Researchers have discovered New Zealand's earthquake-prone landscape is even more unstable than previously thought, recording deep tremors lasting up to 30 minutes on its biggest fault line. http://phys.org/news256966156.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 May 2012 04:29:31 EST news256966156 (AP) -- Experts say the flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma can't be blamed on man's thirst for oil and gas. http://phys.org/news239908617.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:17:03 EST news239908617 Scientists warned Friday of an increased probability that another powerful earthquake will hit the earthquake-stricken New Zealand city of Christchurch in the next year. http://phys.org/news239637830.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:50:01 EST news239637830 On April 4, 2010, the ground beneath the deserts of Baja California started to rumble, then rip apart, sending tremors throughout a region 40 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. In the months that followed, the 7.2-magnitude quake — the second-strongest ever recorded in Baja California — triggered aftershocks that could be felt as far north as Los Angeles. http://phys.org/news232080043.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:40:58 EST news232080043 Canada will fund clinical trials for a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment that targets blocked neck veins, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Wednesday. http://phys.org/news228588033.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:40:44 EST news228588033 New Zealand's earthquake-devastated Canterbury region faces an almost one-in-four chance of another powerful tremor in the next 12 months, government scientists said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news226032952.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 May 2011 04:50:01 EST news226032952 Adam Acar and Yuya Muraki of the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku earthquake and devastating tsunami of March 11. They hoped to determine what benefits such a system can bring to people involved in a disaster and to those hoping to hear news. http://phys.org/news222094545.html Technology Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:55:59 EST news222094545 Franco-Turkish researchers have found that a deadly 1999 earthquake in Turkey was preceded by seismic signals, raising hopes of a predictive system for future tremors as Japan reels from its disaster. http://phys.org/news220077892.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:10:03 EST news220077892 Taiwan began building its first undersea earthquake sensor on Sunday in a project aiming to give earlier warnings of the quakes and tsunamis that frequently hit the region. http://phys.org/news219899454.html Space & Earth Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:20:02 EST news219899454 Geologists, engineers and like-minded sceptics will meet in earthquake-devastated Christchurch Sunday to mock "junk science" predictions another major tremor will hit the city this weekend. http://phys.org/news219296106.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:35:17 EST news219296106 University of British Columbia geophysicists are offering a new explanation for seismic tremors accompanying volcanic eruptions that could advance forecasting of explosive eruptions such as recent events at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, Chaiten Volcano in Chile, and Mount St. Helens in Washington State. http://phys.org/news217688760.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:06:26 EST news217688760 Every 15 months or so, an unfelt earthquake occurs in western Washington and travels northward to Canada's Vancouver Island. The episode typically releases as much energy as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake, but it does so gradually over a month. http://phys.org/news211462928.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:42:20 EST news211462928 Sensitive new quantitive methods could be used to detect small signs of increased tremor and impaired motor skills caused by exposure to certain metals, and to follow up the treatment of neurological disorders, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://phys.org/news205403806.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:37:03 EST news205403806 A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday. http://phys.org/news202967392.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:10:04 EST news202967392 (AP) -- An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week. http://phys.org/news202708337.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:52:59 EST news202708337 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University have made a discovery which could help around 1 million people in the UK who suffer from shakes and tremors. http://phys.org/news194629456.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:10:07 EST news194629456 Iceland's volcanic eruption as well as the towering column of ash spewing out of it have both declined significantly, an Icelandic seismologist said Monday. http://phys.org/news190899347.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:36:14 EST news190899347 The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little effort, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists. http://phys.org/news180785622.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:01 EST news180785622 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault exhibited almost 11 times more aftershocks than previously thought. The research appears online in Nature Geoscience and will appear in print in a forthcoming edition. http://phys.org/news178201188.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:50:07 EST news178201188 Using sophisticated seismometers and GPS devices, scientists have been able to track minute movements along two massive tectonic plates colliding 25 miles or so underneath Washington state's Puget Sound basin. Their early findings suggest that a mega-earthquake could strike closer to the Seattle-Tacoma area, home to some 3.6 million people, than was thought earlier. http://phys.org/news169653448.html Space & Earth Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:30:03 EST news169653448