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Researchers Discover New Type of Neutrino Oscillation
June 15, 2011 — The international T2K collaboration has observed an indication of a new type of neutrino transformation or oscillation from a muon neutrino to an electron neutrino. Evidence of this new type of ... > full story -
Neutrinos Change Flavors While Crossing Japan: Findings Shed Light on Why Universe Is Made of Matter Instead of Anti-Matter
June 15, 2011 — By shooting a beam of neutrinos through a small slice of the Earth under Japan, physicists say they've caught the particles changing their stripes in new ways. These observations may one day help ... > full story -
New Sensor to Measure Structural Stresses Can Heal Itself When Broken
June 15, 2011 — Researchers have designed a sensor that can measure strain in structural materials and is capable of healing itself -- an important advance for collecting data to help us make informed decisions ... > full story -
Communicating in a Crisis: Researchers Devise New Technique to Help Rescuers Communicate After Terrorist Attacks
June 9, 2011 — In the aftermath of the London bombings mobile phones and radios stopped working making the already tricky rescue operation even more difficult. Now experts have developed a solution to ensure ... > full story -
Helping the Aged During Natural Disasters
June 3, 2011 — When earthquake, tsunami, tornado or flood strike, among the most vulnerable group are the elderly. Researchers in New Zealand suggest that emergency response plans must take into account the ... > full story -
Tsunami Sensor Detects Mysterious Background Signal in Panama
June 3, 2011 — An unusual signal detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island results from waves in Lake Gatun, the ... > full story -
Cholera in Haiti: Universal Vaccination Campaign Is Essential to Ending Crisis, Experts Say
May 31, 2011 — Debate about the public health response to Haiti's cholera epidemic continues as the crisis enters its ninth month, with some experts arguing that a vaccination campaign in Haiti would be neither ... > full story -
Japan Earthquake Appears to Increase Quake Risk Elsewhere in the Country
May 25, 2011 — Japan's recent magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which triggered a devastating tsunami, relieved stress along part of the quake fault but also has contributed to the build up of stress in other areas, ... > full story -
Unusual Earthquake Gave Japan Tsunami Extra Punch, Say Scientists
May 24, 2011 — The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan were generated on a fault that didn't rupture the usual way, according to researchers. The rupture initially shot westward, then slowed and ... > full story -
Scientists Find Odd Twist in Slow 'Earthquakes': Tremor Running Backwards
May 22, 2011 — Scientists find that in an unfelt, weeks-long seismic phenomenon called episodic tremor and slip, the tremor can suddenly reverse direction and travel back through areas of the fault that it had ... > full story
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