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Sun's Magnetic Field Has A Good Memory
February 2, 2000 By compiling all the solar wind data gathered in the space age, NASA scientists have concluded that even though the solar magnetic field is constantly changing, it always returns to its original ... > full story -
Three Sandia Experimental Wind Turbines Spin In Texas Panhandle
January 21, 2000 Three small wind turbines spinning in the Texas Panhandle as part of a series of experiments being conducted by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories promise to answer some big ... > full story -
Earth's Magnetic Field Expanded Immensely After "The Day The Solar Wind Ran Out Of Gas"
December 15, 1999 A rare space weather event May 11 marked by a sharp decrease in solar wind helped cause Earth's magnetosphere to balloon to more than 100 times its normal volume, reaching nearly to the moon in ... > full story -
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Construction Methods Help Prevent Hurricane Property Damage
September 23, 1999 With hurricane season in full swing, University of Florida researchers are in the midst of building training centers around the state to showcase the latest materials and techniques in ... > full story -
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Clemson Helps Homeowners Prepare For Future Hurricanes
September 23, 1999 Property owners may be better prepared for the next hurricane to strike South Carolina thanks to Clemson University wind research and partnership efforts to put that information in the hands of the ... > full story -
Engineers Rush To Deploy Wind Measuring Equipment In Advance Of Hurricane Floyd
September 16, 1999 Engineers--led by teams from Clemson University--are scrambling to deploy four mobile data-acquisition platforms squarely in the path of oncoming Hurricane Floyd. The "wind towers" will ... > full story -
Surf's Up: Historic Glenn Mission And Soho Make Major Advance On 37-Year-Old Solar Mystery
July 9, 1999 The high-speed portion of the solar wind achieves its unexpectedly high velocity -- up to 500 miles per second -- by "surfing" magnetic waves in the Sun's outer atmosphere, according to ... > full story -
Scientific "Fireworks Display" Set For East Coast In July
July 1, 1999 NASA will set off its own Independence Day fireworks during a series of nighttime rocket launches from July 2 to 20, 1999. Designed to study "space weather" -- the interaction of the solar ... > full story -
Agriculture Linked To Red-Legged Frog Decline In California
June 30, 1999 The global decline in amphibians has been attributed to everything from UV radiation to global warming. The first concrete evidence that agriculture may play a role in amphibian decline was presented ... > full story -
In Harm's Way: Engineers To Measure Hurricane Forces On Homes
May 18, 1999 As the hurricane churns towards land, researchers fan out into evacuated coastal cities in the storm's path, setting up equipment that could provide vital new information on nature's most ... > full story
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