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200-meter-long bridges without expansion joints: Is it possible?

Expansion joints are a nightmare in the maintenance of highway bridges. After a few decades, the junction points between the structure and the road begin to show signs of deterioration. Scientists at EPFL ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Engineers research effects of heat expansion on economically efficient bridge design (w/ Video)

Kansas State University researchers are studying the effects of integral bridge expansion resulting from heat to make these types of bridges a more viable alternative.

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created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Southern pine beetle impacts on forest ecosystems

Research by USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists shows that the impacts of recent outbreaks of southern pine beetle further degraded shortleaf pine-hardwood forest ecosystems in the southern Appalachian ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The JCMT celebrates 25 years on top of the world

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, is celebrating its 25th birthday this week. It first turned its dish to the heavens this week in 1987, and now, a quarter of a century later, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 28, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drought-resistant Argentine soy raises hopes, concerns

Researchers in Argentina have isolated a drought-resistant sunflower gene and spliced it into soy, bolstering hopes for improved yields as the South American agricultural powerhouse grapples with global warming.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate right for Asian mosquito to spread in N. Europe

The climate in northwestern Europe and the Balkans is becoming suitable for the Asian tiger mosquito, a disease-spreading invasive species, scientists said on Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oil spilled in Russian Arctic

An oil spill in the Russian Arctic affected an area of up to 8,000 square meters after workers tried to open an old well, causing oil to gush uncontrollably for 37 hours, officials said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets (Update)

(AP) -- Netflix's comeback from a customer backlash accelerated during the first quarter, but the recovery wasn't impressive enough to ease more pressing concerns about the Internet video subscription service's ...

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees new salt in an ancient sea

(Phys.org) -- The expansion of massive salt evaporation projects on the Dead Sea are clearly visible in this time series of images taken by Landsat satellites operated by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Economists assert that above all else, political institutions determine the wealth of nations

It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 25

Pulp NonFiction: Fungal analysis reveals clues for targeted biomass deconstruction

Without fungi and microbes to break down dead trees and leaf litter in nature, the forest floor might look like a scene from TV's "Hoarders."

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Detection of cosmic effect may bring universe's formation into sharper focus

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first observation of a cosmic effect theorized 40 years ago could provide astronomers with a more precise tool for understanding the forces behind the universe's formation and growth, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast


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