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- Geologists: Neighboring fault a bad influence
- In what may be a dangerous example of keeping up with the Joneses, the San Andreas fault appears to be taking cues from a deadly neighboring fault zone offshore near Oregon and Washington. By searching for evidence of underwater sand deposits caused by major earthquakes to the...
- Research articles 2008-04-04
- Computers to Detect Aneurysms
- THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE each year from ruptured brain and aortic aneurysms. The bulges, which occur in weakened areas of blood vessel walls, can rupture without warning. Finding aneurysms before they rupture can help physicians save lives. But the diagnosis isn't always easy for a doctor to make with today...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Wetting phenomena in oil sand systems and their impact on the water-based bitumen extraction process
- AbstractThe highly efficient and economically feasible technology for bitumen recovery from U.S. oil sands using a water -extraction approach was developed at the end of the last century. This water-based bitumen extraction process has been optimized based on observations and analysis of microscopic mechanisms of bitumen release from oil sands...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Boozy Britain: Ruptured bladders give warning to women drinkers
- LONDON AFP — Doctors on Friday issued a fresh warning over Britain's culture of binge drinking, pointing to cases of ruptured bladders among women who had been boozing. The cluster of cases is disturbing, for until now this condition had only ever been seen among male drinkers, they reported...
- Research articles 2007-11-08
- Achilles rules Aurelio out for season
- LIVERPOOL, England AFP — Liverpool's joy at virtually ensuring they would reach the Champions League semi-finals after a 3-0 first leg away win over PSV Eindhoven was dampened on Wednesday by the news that defender Fabio Aurelio would miss the rest of the season. The 27-year-old Brazilian international defender...
- Research articles 2007-04-04
- Ligament blow sidelines unlucky Edu again
- MADRID AFP — Valencia midfielder Edu has suffered another horrific knee injury that will keep him sidelined for at least six months, his Spanish first division club has said. The 28-year-old Brazilian, who only returned to training in February 2006 following injury, suffered a cruciate ligament rupture to his right...
- Research articles 2006-11-19
- Real Madrid's Cicinho to miss most of season
- MADRID AFP — Real Madrid defender Cicinho is likely to miss most of the season after a serious injury to his right knee during Saturday's Spanish league match against Real Betis, his club has confirmed. Examinations confirmed that the Brazilian international, who was part of their World Cup squad in...
- Research articles 2006-09-24
- Recalculating quakes.(Briefly Noted)(earthquakes)(Brief article)
- RECALCULATING QUAKES. The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 2004 was so much larger than any previously measured rupture of its type that it is causing scientists to reevaluate areas of the world that were previously thought to be at low risk for tsunami-causing quakes. Researchers funded by...
- Research articles 2006-03-07
- Tsunami quake displaced land as far as China: study
- PARIS AFP — The December 26 quake that originated off Sumatra ripped a gash of at least 1,000 kilometres (625 miles) in the Indian Ocean's floor and displaced Earth's crust as far as southern China, a study says. The data comes from Global Positioning System GPS stations that have...
- Research articles 2005-07-13
- Seismic Testing of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Shearwalls: A Comprehensive Review
- A comprehensive research program has recently been carried out to propose design provisions for autoclaved aerated concrete AAC and to develop the technical basis for those provisions. The first phase of that research program addressed extensive testing on AAC shearwalls, which are the fundamental lateral force-resisting elements of AAC structural...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- CPSC, Lakewood announce recall of oil-filled electric heaters.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 January 2005-US CPSC: CPSC, Lakewood announce recall of oil-filled electric heatersC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01262005 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers...
- Research articles 2005-01-27
- British navy to survey Indian Ocean tsunami epicenter
- LONDON AFP — A British navy ship was due to set off from Singapore to survey the seabed off Indonesia to find out how last month's devastating tsunami happened, the defence ministry revealed. The Royal Navy's HMS Scott will take sonar readings off the Indonesian island of Sumatra to...
- Research articles 2005-01-24
- Hollywood star Andie MacDowell divorces school sweetheart
- LOS ANGELES AFP — "Four Weddings and a Funeral" movie star Andie MacDowell and her high school sweetheart Rhett Hartzog have reportedly divorced after less than three years of marriage. The 46-year-old actress and her businessman husband, who were married at a lavish ceremony in the eastern US state...
- Research articles 2004-10-07
- "Pulled apart, pushed together" diversity and unity within the Congress of South African Trade Unions/Diversite et unite au sein du Congres des syndicats sud-africains
- This is a study of horizontal and vertical solidarity within a national labour movement, based on a nationwide survey of members of affiliated unions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. On the one hand, the survey reveals relatively high levels of vertical and horizontal solidarity, despite the persistence...
- Research articles 2004-09-22
- Pipeline breach in southern Iraq repaired, oil exports resume regular levels
- BASRA, Iraq AFP ? A breach in an oil pipeline in southern Iraq has been repaired, allowing petroleum exports to reach their regular level, an Iraqi oil official said. "We are currently pumping 72,000 barrels per hour," an oil official from the southern port of Basra's offshore oil terminal...
- Research articles 2004-07-07
- Six Iraqi national guards killed, US marine dies, oil pipeline ruptured
- BAGHDAD AFP ? Insurgents killed six Iraqi national guardsmen and a US marine, while oil exports were hit by a rupture to a main southern oil pipeline on one of the deadliest days since Iraq regained sovereignty. Four national guard soldiers were also wounded in the attack at a...
- Research articles 2004-07-03
- U.S. regulatory issues.(Legal Reporter)(Brief Article)
- Pipeline safety. The Department of Transportation has issued a final rule requiring that pipeline operators develop programs to protect the integrity of pipelines in areas where a rupture or leak could do the most harm to the public or property. The rule mandates that after developing...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Nosebleeds in Children Are More Frequent During Winter, Says Temple Pediatrician.
- Byline: Temple University Health Sciences PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22 AScribe Newswire -- The cold air and low humidity of winter create the perfect formula for children to get nosebleeds. "Children are more likely to get nosebleeds during the winter months because cold...
- Research articles 2004-01-22
- Study probes pipelines with elbows subjected to permanent ground deformation
- Experiments at Cornell University--involving the largest full-scale replication of ground deformation effects on pipelines ever simulated in the laboratory--have successfully investigated the effects of permanent ground deformation on buried steel pipelines with elbows and validated and calibrated a hybrid finite element FE model that combines beam elements for straight pipe,...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Russia's Yukos confirms rupture of Sibneft merger
- MOSCOW AFP ? The embattled Yukos oil giant confirmed that it had agreed "in principle" to call off its merger with Sibneft, which would have created the world's fourth-largest oil and gas producer in Russia's biggest post-Soviet deal. But several details still needed to be worked out on the...
- Research articles 2003-12-17
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