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Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake

Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New way to monitor faults may help predict earthquakes

Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found a way to monitor the strength of geologic faults deep in the Earth. This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Major quakes can weaken seismic faults far away, scientists say

(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Sichuan quake was once-in-4,000-year event: scientists

People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone

An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Slowly Slip-Sliding Faults Don't Cause Earthquakes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some slow-moving faults may help protect some regions of Italy and other parts of the world against destructive earthquakes, suggests new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scalable Energy Efficient Data Centers

(PhysOrg.com) -- To protect their systems from network failures and to make sure that their data is delivered as fast as possible, popular services such as Google may replicate their data centers on multiple ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From Terabytes to Petabytes: Computer Scientists Develop New Hybrid Database System

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the amounts of data being stored by databases around the world enters the realm of the petabyte (the amount of data stored in a mile-high stack of CD-ROM disks), efficient data management is becoming more ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Asia-Pacific quakes herald a disaster? Experts say no

Powerful earthquakes that have jolted Asia recently do not presage a disaster, although it is only a matter of time before the next catastrophe befalls the quake-prone region, seismologists say.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer scientists scale 'layer 2' data center networks to 100,000 ports and beyond

University of California, San Diego computer scientists have created software that they hope will lead to data centers that logically function as single, plug-and-play networks that will scale to the massive ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New study sheds light on earthquake hazard along San Andreas Fault

New research by a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers new insight into the San Andreas Fault as it extends beneath Southern ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased quake risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Large Hadron Collider restart delayed till October

(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher will likely be fired up again in October after scientists have carried out tests and put in place further safety measures to prevent a repeat of the faults that sidelined ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (17) | comments 36

Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger

(AP) -- The latest earthquake to hit the nation's second-largest city was a garden-variety temblor by California standards, rumbling through on a Sunday evening when most residents were home eating dinner ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Quake predictability still distant dream, say seismologists

Claims by an Italian technician to have foretold the devastating quake which struck central Italy prompted seismologists on Tuesday to shake their heads in sadness and skepticism.

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4