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NASA Gets an Icy Cold Wink from Hurricane Jova's Eye
October 11, 2011 Several NASA satellites have been following Hurricane Jova since birth and over the last day, Jova's eye has "winked" at ... > full story -
Laying the Blame for Extreme Weather
October 11, 2011 Floods, tornadoes, droughts and wildfires: They are all weather-related, but blaming the latest meteorological disaster on climate change has always been a tricky matter that climate scientists have ... > full story -
New Program to Expand, Enhance Use of LIDAR Sensing Technology
October 11, 2011 Researchers have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful ... > full story -
Luminous Grains of Sand Determine Year of Historic Storm Flood, Dutch Researchers Find
October 11, 2011 Scientists in The Netherlands have successfully matched a layer of sediment from the dunes near Heemskerk to a severe storm flood that occurred in either 1775 or 1776. This type of information helps ... > full story -
UK Government Claims That Patient Choice Improves Health Care Is Based on Flawed Research, Experts Say
October 9, 2011 Research which claims to show that the introduction of patient choice in the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) reduced deaths from heart attacks is flawed and misleading, according to a ... > full story -
Strong Attachment to Local Communities Made Oil Spill More Stressful for Many Coastal Residents
October 7, 2011 In one of the first publications to present systematically collected public health data on coastal populations affected by the catastrophic oil spill of 2010, sociologists report that individuals ... > full story -
NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Birth of Two Tropical Cyclones in Eastern Pacific
October 6, 2011 The tropics in the eastern Pacific were quiet for a couple of days after Hurricane Hilary dissipated, and today gave birth to Tropical Depression 10 and Tropical Storm Irwin. NASA's Aqua satellite ... > full story -
3-D Look at Philippe Provided Clues of Transition Into a Hurricane
October 6, 2011 Tropical Storm Philippe took its time to strengthen into a hurricane because of wind shear problems. The wind shear lessened, and Philippe became a hurricane today, after 12 days of moving across the ... > full story -
Hypothetically Tweaking: Research Shows Questions Can Influence Behavior, Promote Bias
October 6, 2011 Hypothetically speaking, if someone told you that a hypothetical question could influence your judgments or behavior, would you believe ... > full story -
Longer Trips to the ER, Especially for Minorities and Poor
October 5, 2011 Closures of hospital trauma centers are disproportionately affecting poor, uninsured and African-American populations, and nearly a fourth of Americans are now forced to travel farther than they once ... > full story
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