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• Computer Science
  Artificial Intelligence
  Information Technology
  Distributed Computing
  Computer Modeling
  Elder Care
   
  

  Computer Scientists Create New Technology For Elderly Home Owners

  Computer scientists have designed technologies to help the elderly maintain their independence. One device uses optical sensors to oversee people as they pick up and use items. Another device uses ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Meteorologists Now Able To Issue Storm-based Warnings

  Meteorologists no longer have to unnecessarily alarm an entire county with a storm warning. Using a computer program that reflects an increase in the understanding of how storms develop and move, ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Tsunamis
  Earth Science
   
  

  Geophysicists Discover Slippery Secret Of Weaker Underwater Earthquakes

  Seismologists investigating undersea earthquakes have found that molten rock lubricates faults. This decreases the amount of friction between sides of the fault and decreases the intensity of ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
  Materials Science
  Geography
   
  

  Engineers Create Recycling Plant That Removes The Need To Sort

  Engineers use the term single-stream recycling for their plant that takes the sorting out of the public’s hands. Trucks dump an unsorted mess of paper, plastic, and metal onto a conveyor belt. ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Forest
  Sustainability
  Earthquakes
  Desert
   
  

  Geographers Map Likeliest Places For Big Fires

  Foresters and geographers have mapped the locations in the Santa Monica mountains where the most destructive fires are likely to start. To make their map, they combined data about where fires were ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Weather
  Ice Ages
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Climatologists Forecast Completely New Climates

  Geographers have projected temperature increases due to greenhouse gas emissions to reach a not-so-chilling conclusion: climate zones will shift and some climates will disappear completely by 2100. ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Meteorologists Invent Better Way To Monitor Hurricane Strength

  Meteorologists have developed a new method for analyzing hurricane strength. A series of mathematical formulas transform data from Doppler radars into a 3-D picture of storm intensity every 6 ... > more
• Water
  Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Nature of Water
  Floods
  Pollution
   
  

  The Science Behind Wave Pools

  Scientists gives us a sneak peek into the world of wave pools, and explain how these huge pools make constant waves. Waves are made by a huge compressor that feeds four gigantic air blowers. Then a ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Weather
  Global Warming
  Air Pollution
   
  

  Improving Accuracy Of Hurricane Forecasts

  Meteorologists have found a new discovery may boost the accuracy of the forecasts. The surprising factor is dust, researchers have found that years where there was a lot of dust, there were less ... > more
• Earth Science
  Volcanoes
  Air Quality
  Environmental Policy
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
   
  

  Geoscientists Investigate Rare Carbon Formation

  Carbonados, black carbon formations that resemble diamonds, have been show to have a chemical spectrum that indicates they originated before the formation of the Earth; their high hydrogen content ... > more

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