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- Iceland: Nearly 100% Renewable Energy
- M8 Earthquake Simulation
- Looking Below Antarctic Ice Shelves
- Floating Nuclear Power Plants for Arctic Service
- First Exoplanet from Outside of Our Galaxy
- Predicting and Cutting Landslide Risk in Developing Countries
- Robot and Borehole Search for New Zealand Coal Miners
| Iceland: Nearly 100% Renewable Energy Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:48 PM PST Almost 100% of the energy consumed in Iceland is produced from renewable sources. This video provides a good summary of how they produce their energy. They used to be big fossil fuel users.    |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:48 PM PST A multi-disciplinary team of researchers presented the world's most advanced earthquake shaking simulation at the Supercomputing 2010 (SC10) conference this week in New Orleans. The research was selected as a finalist for the Gordon Bell Prize, awarded at the annual conference for outstanding achievement in high-performance computing applications.
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| Looking Below Antarctic Ice Shelves Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:36 PM PST The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand) has a new ice tethered profiler that will help researchers look below Antarctic ice to observe interactions between the ocean, Antarctica's sea ice, and ice shelves to learn more about polar oceanography.  |
| Floating Nuclear Power Plants for Arctic Service Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:30 PM PST The Russians are investigating the concept of floating nuclear power plants. They could be used to generate the electricity needed to supply Arctic Ocean port communities or industrial facilities that develop as mineral exploration activity increases in the Arctic.  |
| First Exoplanet from Outside of Our Galaxy Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:26 PM PST A star named HIP 13044 is in the Milky Way Galaxy but astronomers believe that it originated in a smaller galaxy that merged with the Milky Way between 6 and 9 billion years ago. The star has a planet named 13044b – the first planet from another galaxy that has been discovered.  |
| Predicting and Cutting Landslide Risk in Developing Countries Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:24 PM PST A presentation by Malcolm Anderson on predicting and cutting landslide risk in developing countries.  |
| Robot and Borehole Search for New Zealand Coal Miners Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PST Rescue workers in New Zealand are preparing to send a robot into the coal mine where a methane explosion trapped 29 miners on Friday. The mine is too dangerous for humans to enter. A bore hole is also being drilled down to the mine.  |
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