News tagged with ship construction
Titanic disaster 'unlikely to happen again': expert
World-leading ship science expert, Professor Ajit Shenoi, says that a seafaring tragedy on the scale of the Titanic disaster is unlikely to happen again.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Future naval force may sail with the strength of titanium
Steel may have met its match: An Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded project will produce a full-size ship hull section made entirely with marine-grade titanium using a welding innovation that could help bring titanium ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel
More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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Maritime Archaeologist at Helm of Modern Journey to Ancient Egyptian Land
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient Egyptians may be best known for building pyramids, but internationally renowned maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward wants the world to know that they were pretty good sailors, too.
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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Social media used to collect information on marine wilderness
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Murdoch University's Cetacean Research Unit are working with colleagues from Duke University in the US and Marine Ventures Foundation on an innovative project that will use social ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Technique enables mass production of custom concrete building components from digital designs
Like other professionals, architects have used computer-aided design (CAD) software in their work for decades. Typically, the resulting digital files are converted to hard-copy plans, which are then used to ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Construction of new rock spawning reefs will help Great Lakes native fish
(Phys.org) -- The first of nine rock reefs is under construction in the St. Clair River delta northeast of Detroit. The goal of the project, which is led by Michigan Sea Grant, is to boost populations of lake ...
May 14, 2012 |
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Nasa's new carbon-counting instrument leaves the nest
(Phys.org) -- Its construction now complete, the science instrument that is the heart of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) spacecraft - NASA's first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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First instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope completed
After more than ten years of work by more than 200 engineers, the Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), a camera so sensitive it could see a candle on one of Jupiter's moons, has been declared ready for delivery ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 09, 2012 |
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GPS on commercial ships could improve tsunami warnings
Commercial ships travel across most of the globe and could provide better warnings for potentially deadly tsunamis, according to a study published May 5 by scientists at the University of Hawaii – Manoa ...
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May 07, 2012 |
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Robot arm at MIT will weave its own web (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- The Mediated Matter Group from the MIT Media Lab is working on a robot that might one day spin its own webs. Project team members are training a robot to weave a web-like architecture, similar to the way a ...
Apr 29, 2012 |
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Trinity physicist finds new way to pack spheres efficiently
(Phys.org) -- New collaborative research has revealed the most efficient method to date for packing spherical objects into a cylinder. Dr Ho-Kei Chan, a Research Fellow from the Foams and Complex Systems ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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World's first sea-floor mine signs first customer
Canada-based mining firm Nautilus Minerals said Tuesday it had signed China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group as the first customer of its pioneering Papua New Guinean sea-floor mine.
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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A step towards solving a maritime mystery
Students from Flinders University believe they have discovered the exact location of a Scottish sailing ship which sank in waters off Kangaroo Island more than 100 years ago.
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Apr 23, 2012 |
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