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Scientists move closer to earthquake prediction

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Lights, Camera, Earthquake?

Just 30 minutes before the earthquake that killed tens of thousands in the Chinese province of Sichuan in May, local video footage captured on a cell phone revealed rainbow lights in the clouds. Some have identified the lights as merely a circumhorizontal arc-an unusual, horizontal rainbow refracting through ice crystals in cirrus clouds. Others, however, consider the light show an example of "earthquake lights," a scientifically unproven indicator of a coming earthquake. The theory behind earthquake lights is that seismic activity sends ultrasonic waves through mineral deposits in the earth's crust. These waves react with water molecules in the sky to produce a rainbow effect in clouds. The scientific evidence for this is dubious at best. That said, earthquake lights are just one of a number of anecdotal methods for predicting quakes, an

Scientists Closer To Invisibility Cloak

Aviran was one of many readers to submit news of a just-announced development in the ongoing quest to develop a working invisibility cloak, writing: "Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects" Reader bensafrickingenius adds a link to coverage at the Times Online, and notes that "the world's two leading scientific journals, Science and Nature, are expected to report the results this week." Tjeerd adds a link to a Reuters' story carried by Scientific American.

Scientists Closer To Producing Fuel From Bacteria

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the way we produce sustainable fuels in the future.

Move Species Threatened by Warming, Scientists Advise

People should help species threatened by climate change move to new habitats, researchers argue in a new paper.

Man Uses Wii Balance Board to Move A Robot, Plans to Move People Too

Juan González has hacked together a simple setup that lets his Wii Balance board move a small, irritating robot in any direction. This looks like the first robotic pairing for the board, which has to date has only been interfaced with computers as a control device to awkwardly navigate games and mapping applications. It's pretty clear that González is excited about this hack (watch the end of the video), but he isn't done yet- next up is is a Balance Board-based "robo-surfboard."

Scientists develop 'emotional' robot

Scientists in Britain have created an emotional robot which appears to respond to being cuddled or scared. The Heart Robot, developed by scientists at the University of the West of England in Bristol, was aimed to explore human reaction to machine that give emotional feedbacks.

Scientists develop 'emotional' robot

London (PTI): Scientists in Britain have created an emotional robot which appears to respond to being cuddled or scared. The Heart Robot, developed by scientists at the University of the West of England in Bristol, was aimed to explore human reaction to machine that give emotional feedbacks.

Scientists study water in nanotubes

U.S. government scientists say they have moved closer to understanding how water is structured and how it moves inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Scientists Study Water in Nanotubes

U.S. government scientists say they have moved closer to understanding how water is structured and how it moves inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Scientists Study Water In Nanotubes

U.S. government scientists say they have moved closer to understanding how water is structured and how it moves inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Invisibility Cloak 'Step Closer'

Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible.

Fuel from bacteria just a step closer

Scientists have mapped metabolism of a bacteria called Nostoc, which fixes nitrogen and releases hydrogen, possibly bringing sustainable fuel from microbes one step closer to reality.

Scientists study water in nanotubes

LIVERMORE, Calif., June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they have moved closer to understanding how water is structured and how it moves inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Scientists in Hungary and Portugal get research boost

Heidelberg, 29 July 2008 – Two talented life scientists will receive EMBO Installation Grants, assisting them to establish their research groups in Hungary and Portugal. These two scientists will receive funding in 2008 similar to the previous nine awardees announced in November 2007. The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) introduced the scheme in 2006.

NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars

NASA scientists said on Tuesday that the Phoenix Mars Lander has detected the apparent presence of a chemically reactive salt called perchlorate in the Martian soil. Perchlorate is a toxic material that's used in rocket fuel, but the scientists said its presence doesn't lessen the possibility that Mars has or once had some kind of life on it. VOA's Art Chimes reports.

Chinese earthquake provides lessons for future

The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as active and could have pointed to the earthquake hazard. Topographic analysis can help evaluate other, similar fault areas for seismic risk, according to geologists from Penn State and Arizona State University.

Chinese earthquake provides lessons for future

The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as active and could have pointed to the earthquake hazard. Topographic analysis can help evaluate other, similar fault areas for seismic risk, according to geologists from Penn State and Arizona State University.

New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions

Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in California.

New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions

Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in California.

Japanese Scientists Develop Long-Life Flash Memory

schliz writes "Flash memory chips with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years have been developed by Japanese scientists. The new chips also work at lower voltages than conventional chips, according to the scientists from the University of Tokyo. They are said to be scaleable down to at least 10 nm; current Flash chips wouldn't be usable below 20 nm."

Geologists study China earthquake for glimpse into future

The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future earthquakes due to earthquake-induced changes in stress.

Geologists Study China Earthquake For Glimpse Into Future

The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future earthquakes due to earthquake-induced changes in stress.

Geologists study China earthquake for glimpse into future

The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future earthquakes due to earthquake-induced changes in stress.

Slow Earthquake Discovered At Kilauea Volcano

From June 17-19th 2007, Kilauea experienced a new dike intrusion, where magma rapidly moved from a storage reservoir beneath the summit into the east rift zone and extended the rift zone by as much as 1 meter. Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have now discovered that the 2007 dike intrusion was not the only action going on: the dike also triggered a "slow earthquake" on Kilauea's south flank, demonstrating how magmatism and earthquake faulting at Kilauea can be tightly connected. The research findings will be published in the Friday, August 29th edition of the prestigious journal Science.

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