News tagged with pitch lake
Microbes found in natural asphalt lake
(PhysOrg.com) -- A lake of natural hot liquid asphalt in Trinidad and Tobago has been found to be teeming with microbes despite the toxic environment. The lake, aptly named Pitch Lake (since pitch is the old ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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CWRU raises wind-energy labs over Cleveland area
Case Western Reserve University and its partners have erected their third and largest research wind turbine — and begun the process of tying into the grid.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 04, 2012 |
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The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time
In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 02, 2012 |
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50 million year old cricket and katydid fossils hint at the origins of insect hearing
How did insects get their hearing? A new study of 50 million year-old cricket and katydid fossils — sporting some of the best preserved fossil insect ears described to date— help trace the evolution ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake
Next week a British engineering team heads off to Antarctica for the first stage of an ambitious scientific mission to collect water and sediment samples from a lake buried beneath three kilometres of solid ice. This extraordinary ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Students' prototype app finds relatives among your Mormon Facebook friends
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many people already know the joy of discovering their ancestors, and now a new app by BYU students takes it to the next level - finding which of your Facebook friends are also family.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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As water becomes more precious, more drinking water will come from treated sewage
The island nation of Singapore is aggressively promoting a solution to the water scarcity that vexes countries worldwide: recycling toilet water to drink.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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'Laughing' insects among new Philippine species
Laughing cicadas and small "cat sharks" are among scores of species believed new to science discovered by US and Filipino researchers in waters and islands of the Philippines, the team said Wednesday.
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Mountain pine beetle activity may impact snow accumulation and melt
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates the infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Banks team up for online payment system
Online and mobile customers of three major banks will be able to instantly zap funds from their accounts to other depositors at the banks under a program to be rolled out across the country over the coming year.
May 27, 2011 |
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Facebook looks to cash in on user data
Julee Morrison has been obsessed with Bon Jovi since she was a teenager. So when paid ads for fan sites started popping up on the 41-year-old Salt Lake City blogger's Facebook page, she was thrilled. She described herself ...
Apr 22, 2011 |
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