News tagged with fault
Related topics: tectonic plates , earthquake
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang
(AP) -- Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
Nov 21, 2009 |
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Scientists say the Big One could be even bigger
The Big One predicted for the San Andreas fault could end up being bigger than earthquake experts previously thought.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes
(PhysOrg.com) -- When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, new research instead shows that most of these earthquakes ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Big quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault
Earthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, according to UC Irvine and Arizona State University researchers who have charted temblors there stretching ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2010 |
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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 ...
Jun 20, 2009 |
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Large Hadron Collider sends beams in 2 directions
(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Expert: Wastewater well in Ohio triggered quakes
A northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes in the Youngstown area since last spring, a seismologist investigating the quakes said Monday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 03, 2012 |
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There's a hole in this possible earthquake pattern
As University of California at Davis physicist and geologist John Rundle ponders the map of recent California earthquakes, he sees visions of a doughnut even Homer J. Simpson wouldn't like.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Physicists move one step closer to quantum computer
Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Slime design mimics Tokyo's rail system
What could human engineers possibly learn from the lowly slime mold? Reliable, cost-efficient network construction, apparently: a recent experiment suggests that Physarum polycephalum, a gelatinous fungus ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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NASA study of Haiti quake yields surprising results
(PhysOrg.com) -- The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused more than 200,000 casualties and devastated Haiti's economy in January resulted not from the Enriquillo fault, as previously believed, but from slip ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2010 |
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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
Aug 26, 2009 |
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What Happened in Haiti?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world focuses on the heart-wrenching losses and unbelievable devastation of the recent earthquake in Haiti, researchers at Michigan Technological University, discuss what happened there ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2010 |
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San Andreas Fault study unearths new quake information
Recent collaborative studies of stream channel offsets along the San Andreas Fault by researchers at Arizona State University and UC Irvine reveal new information about fault behavior - affecting how we understand ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2010 |
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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
Jul 09, 2009 |
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