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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Eruptive Characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed
Eruptive Characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:45:00 -0500
A new study has found that a mixing of two different
types of magma is the key to the historic eruptions of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, and that eruptions often happen in a relatively short time--weeks or months--after this mixing occurs. It will help scientists better understand the nature of Mount Hood's past and future eruptions, as well as other volcanoes that erupt by similar mechanisms. This includes a large number of the world's active volcanoes.
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Oregon State University
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Ice-free Ocean May Not Absorb CO<sub>2</sub>, a Component in Global Warming
Ice-free Ocean May Not Absorb CO<sub>2</sub>, a Component in Global Warming
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:03:00 -0500
The summer of 2010 has been
agonizingly hot in much of the continental U.S., and the record-setting temperatures have refocused attention on global warming. Scientists have been looking at ways the Earth might benefit from natural processes to balance the rising heat, and one process had intrigued them, a premise that melting ice at the poles might allow more open water that could absorb carbon dioxide, one of the major compounds implicating in warming.
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University of Georgia
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:40:22 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Robot Climbs Walls
Robot Climbs Walls
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:03:00 -0500
Wielding two claws, a motor and a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum, a small robot
named ROCR ("rocker") scrambles up a carpeted, 8-foot wall in just over 15 seconds--the first such robot designed to climb efficiently and move like human rock climbers or apes swinging through trees.
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University of Utah
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:22:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The Jellyfish-like Salp: Most Efficient Filter-Feeder in the Deep, Scientists Discover
The Jellyfish-like Salp: Most Efficient Filter-Feeder in the Deep, Scientists Discover
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:55:00 -0500
What if trains, planes and automobiles all were powered simply by the air through which they move? What if their exhaust and by-products helped the environment?
Such an energy-efficient, self-propelling mechanism already exists in nature.
The salp, a small, barrel-shaped organism that resembles a streamlined jellyfish, gets everything it needs from ocean waters to feed and propel itself.
Scientists believe its waste material may help remove carbon dioxide ...
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:29:02 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:18:50 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: SBE 2020: Future Research in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
SBE 2020: Future Research in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
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