News tagged with pyramid lake
Highlight: California, Nevada Lakes Warming Rapidly
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new JPL study examines the impact recent variability in climate is having on the surface temperatures of large lakes in California and Nevada.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2009 |
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3-D map of Guatemala's 'Head of stone' confirms size, location of ancient buildings
Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographical map of ancient monumental buildings long buried under centuries of jungle at the Maya site "Head of Stone" in Guatemala.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Research explores why ancient civilization was 'livin' on the edge'
University of Cincinnati research is investigating why a highly sophisticated civilization decided to build large, bustling cities next to what is essentially swampland. The research by UC Geography Professor Nicholas Dunning, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Microsponges from seaweed may save lives (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsponges derived from seaweed may help diagnose heart disease, cancers, HIV and other diseases quickly and at far lower cost than current clinical methods. The microsponges are an essential ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Tahoe analysis adds 'when' and 'how much' to climate-change forecasts
UC Davis scientists today issued the most detailed forecast to date of likely climate-change effects at Lake Tahoe, complete with estimates of when those effects might be seen and how big they might be.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Scientists test cutting-edge technology for underwater mapping at Tahoe basin
A borrowed boat, a small mountain lake and the inaugural run of a half-a-million dollar state-of-the-art multi-beam sonar system made history this month with the successful high-definition mapping of the bottom ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Egypt scours bed of Lake Qarun in search of antiquities
Egyptian experts have begun to explore the depths of Lake Qarun south of Cairo using remote sensing radars in search of sunken artefacts, antiquities officials told AFP on Wednesday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Study Affirms Importance of Insect-Eating Animals to Ecosystem Health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lions, tigers and bears top the ecological pyramid-the diagram of the food chain that every school child knows. They eat smaller animals, feeding on energy that flows up from the base where ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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The secrets of the Sahara revealed
"When I first arrived in the Sahara, I was struck by how utterly barren it was, like the color green was removed from the palette when they made this place, just nothing, grays and browns, and not a scrap ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells
Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Researchers view microorganisms from space
What is the smallest thing you can see from space? From a standard shuttle orbit of 217 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, it is suggested that you can see the Great Wall of China. With the aid of binoculars, ...
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Apr 15, 2008 |
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