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Simulated skiers reveal mountain traffic jams

Millions of skiers and snowboarders escape to the mountains every winter, but some everyday stresses -- like traffic jams -- are unavoidable even on the slopes. In plenty of time to prepare for next season, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GPS data reveals more on mega-thrust earthquakes

(PhysOrg.com) -- New GPS data of the 2010 earthquake that devastated parts of Chile and killed over 500 people is revealing new clues about large earthquakes such as the quake in Chile and the magnitude 9.0 ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Women navigate more efficiently than men

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico suggests women navigate more efficiently than men in some circumstances, even though previous studies have shown that in general ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Rapid tsunami warning by means of GPS

For submarine earthquakes that can generate tsunamis, the warning time for nearby coastal areas is very short. Using high-precision analysis of GPS data from the Fukushima earthquake of 11 March 2011, scientists ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

NASA tests GPS monitoring system for big U.S. quakes

(Phys.org) -- The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones

Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Recent Indonesia quake added pressure to key fault

(AP) -- Seismologists say last week's powerful earthquake off western Indonesia increased pressure on the source of the devastating 2004 tsunami: a fault that could unleash another monster wave sometime in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Japan explores using cell phones to stop pandemics

(AP) -- A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

'Color' app shares with people around you

(AP) -- We've all been to weddings where the bride and groom hand out disposable cameras to capture every angle of their big day. Now, a new application called Color allows you to do something similar with ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts: Apple should've addressed concerns sooner

Apple should have responded much sooner to concerns about location data stored on its iPhones, even if the company didn't have all the answers ready, marketing and crisis-management experts say.

Technology / Business

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists track motions of shifting plates using GPS sensors

The Pacific Northwest is a restless place. The ground is being shoved by tectonic plates. Snow-capped volcanoes inflate and deflate in concert with the creep of molten rock. Coastlines bulge as tension builds on an offshore ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Senate panel grills Apple, Google on location data

(AP) -- A Senate panel is questioning executives from Apple and Google about why iPhones and handheld wireless devices running Google's Android software store location data that can be used to track where their owners have ...

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Toucans wearing GPS backpacks help Smithsonian scientists study seed dispersal

Nutmeg-loving toucans wearing GPS transmitters recently helped a team of scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama address an age-old problem in plant ecology: accurately estimating ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Unlocking mystery of the deep: Florida reef getting a road map

Equipped with floating GPS units, side scan sonar and waterproof paper, college students dove 25 feet down into an underwater classroom with a pioneering assignment: create a three-dimensional, interactive map of a reef.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better weather forecasts with a map showing atmospheric vapour

Weather forecasts, satellite navigation in cars and the inspection of dikes or natural gas fields: these applications using satellite data would all be even more accurate if we knew more about the distribution of water vapour ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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