Blue whales forced to increase their 'singing' to cope with noise pollution from shipsSeptember 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A new research by scientists has determined that blue whales have had to increase their 'singing' to cope with noise pollution from ships. Man-made noise such as ships' engines has caused hearing loss in whales.
Ties with India undergoing 'seismic changes', says USSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Wednesday said its relationship with India was undergoing "seismic changes" and will get a major boost during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit in November. Washington also asked Pakistan to prosecute those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks and stop infiltration of militants into India to rebuild confidence with New Delhi.
New technique may allow Earth's seismic activity to be mapped more comprehensivelySeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a new technique that uses data collected from earthquakes, potentially allowing the Earth's seismic activity to be mapped more comprehensively. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, developed the new method.
Quake experts develop new system to monitor underground movementsAugust 31st, 2009 LONDON - A five-strong group of scientists have developed a new technique that can monitor movements beneath the earth's surface to help understand how earthquakes behave. The scientists, led by Andrew Curtis, Professor of Mathematical Geoscience at Edinburgh University, used computers to simulate the motion of one earthquake at the location of another to discover more in-depth information about underground movements.
Scientists listen to rocks to better understand damage caused by quakesAugust 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists are using a technique called "ambient noise correlation," to observe significant changes in the behavior of parts of Earth's crust that were disturbed by three major earthquakes. University of Illinois seismologist Xiaodong Song and graduate student Zhen J.
'Spiderbots' inside Mount St Helens may detect impending volcanic eruptionAugust 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA scientists have placed about a dozen monitoring 'spiderbots' inside the volcanic crater in Mount St Helens in the US, which are high-tech devices that can detect an impending eruption. Mount St. Helens is one of the most active volcanoes in the US.
Now, a 'green' process to produce biodiesel from chicken feather mealJuly 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists in Nevada have developed a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from 'chicken feather meal.'
Professor Mano Misra and his team at the University of Nevada note that chicken feather meal consists of processed chicken feathers, blood, and innards that have been processed at high temperatures with steam. Presently, feather meal is used as animal feed and fertilizer because of its high protein and nitrogen content.
'Invisibility cloak' to protect buildings from earthquakesJuly 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research by scientists at the University of Liverpool has shown it is possible to develop an 'invisibility cloak' to protect buildings from earthquakes. Sebastien Guenneau, from the University's Department of Mathematics, developed the technology with Stefan Enoch and Mohamed Farhat from the Fresnel Institute (CNRS) in Marseilles.
Indonesian supervolcano's eruption caused decade of fatal winters 74,000 years agoJuly 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Climate model simulations by a team of scientists has suggested that Indonesia's Toba supervolcano, when it erupted about 74,000 years ago, triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and also may have produced a short-lived "volcanic winter", which drastically reduced the human population at the time. Previous climate model simulations of the eruption have been unable to produce the glaciation, and there are no climate observations to support the volcanic winter.
Glaciers cause quakes in IcelandJuly 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that glaciers are the reason behind seismic activity and earthquakes in Iceland. The study was carried out by Kristin Jonsdottir, Roland Roberts, Veijo Pohjola, Bjorn Lund, Zaher Hossein Shomali, Ari Tryggvason, and Reynir Boovarsson from the Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Scientists say seismic activity suggests Alaska volcano getting ready to erupt againMay 5th, 2009 Scientists: another Mount Redoubt eruption likelyANCHORAGE, Alaska — Geologists in Alaska say the Mount Redoubt volcano may be getting ready to awaken after being relatively quiet for more than a month. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say activity at the volcano about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage suggests a significant explosive event is likely with days — although that's not certain.
Obama offers condolences to Italy quake victimsApril 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said the US was ready to help the more than 200 victims of a devastating earthquake in the heart of Italy and offered his condolences in a telephone call Tuesday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian people and victims 'are in the thoughts and prayers of the American people at this time,' Obama told his Italian counterpart, according to the White House.
Straw house survives violent tremors at quake labApril 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A full-scale straw house, complete with gravel foundation and clay plaster walls, shook and swayed but withstood a violent, 82-tonne force generated by a quake-simulation shake table. The house, designed and built by University of Nevada, Reno alumna and civil engineer Darcey Donovan, shook and swayed while taking the last in a series of seven increasingly forceful test tremors, but stayed intact.
Judi Dench returns to stage after ankle injuryMarch 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actress Judi Dench, who twisted her ankle during a fall at the Wyndham theatre, has returned to the London theatre to rehearse for her play 'Madame De Sade'. Judi was exiting the theatre after a long day when she abruptly fell and badly twisted her ankle.
Male pachyderms sense female love calls within their bonesFebruary 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Female elephants can transmit love calls audibly and also as low-frequency seismic vibrations that radiate up to several kilometres. Their target, the male elephants, detect such potential mate's signals with the help of two highly developed additional sensory systems at their disposal.
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