News tagged with underground
EU sues six nations for failure to adopt green laws
The European Commission announced on Thursday it is taking six member states to court for failing to transpose EU environmental rules into national law.
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Maya plumbing, first pressurized water feature found in New World
A water feature found in the Maya city of Palenque, Mexico, is the earliest known example of engineered water pressure in the new world, according to a collaboration between two Penn State researchers, an ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 04, 2010 |
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The First T2K Neutrino Event Observed At Super-Kamiokande
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists from the Japanese-led multinational T2K collaboration announced today that they had made the first detection of a neutrino which had travelled all the way under Japan from their ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Geothermal power could be solution for Indiana's abandoned coal mines
(PhysOrg.com) -- Vacant coal mines in southwest Indiana could once again generate energy, not from coal, but from the water reservoirs now found on their surface and deep underground.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2010 |
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The sea level has been rising and falling over the last 2,500 years
"Rising and falling sea levels over relatively short periods do not indicate long-term trends. An assessment of hundreds and thousands of years shows that what seems an irregular phenomenon today is in fact ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Underground lines that bypass monuments
A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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EPA's new green parking lot allows scientists to study permeable surfaces that may help the environment
Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.S. Environmental ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Researchers go underground to reveal 850 new species
Australian researchers have discovered a huge number of new species of invertebrate animals living in underground water, caves and "micro-caverns" amid the harsh conditions of the Australian outback.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Jets on Saturn's moon Enceladus not geysers from underground ocean
Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a study led by the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009 |
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First Afghan fibre optic cable connects to Tajikistan
Part of Afghanistan's first international fibre optic cable has opened in a project that will make the country millions of dollars and boost regional connectivity, a cabinet minister said Thursday.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Carbon capture has a sparkling future
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas. The findings - published ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Egypt to open inner chambers of 'bent' pyramid
(AP) -- Travelers to Egypt will soon be able to explore the inner chambers of the 4,500-year-old "bent" pyramid, known for its oddly shaped profile, and other nearby ancient tombs, Egypt's antiquities chief ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 16, 2009 |
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New technique put to use to test clean up of contaminated groundwater
Cleaning up the dangerous contaminants — dry-cleaning fluids, solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons — found in underground water presents one of the most urgent challenges facing environmental science. A report issued today ...
Jan 30, 2009 |
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New Limits on the Origin of Dark Matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Determining the identity of dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up the vast majority of matter in the universe, is one of the most fundamental challenges facing modern physics. Through theory ...
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Satellites help locate water in Niger
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most sub-Saharan African countries, Niger faces problems meeting its water needs. As part of ESA’s TIGER initiative, satellite data are being used to identify surface and underground ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2009 |
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