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Orkney Islands try new wave power system A new type of wave power harnessing machine called the Oyster will be installed off the Orkney Islands for trials beginning this Autumn. The device is different from other wave power devices because it uses hydraulic technology to transfer the power it harvests to the shore. Dr Ronan Doherty, chief technical officer of Aquamarine Power, the Edinburgh-base...
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This shows the sampling of volcanic gases in the active crater of Oldoinyo Lengai. (Credit: University of New Mexico)Although carbon-based lavas, known as carbonatites, are found throughout history, the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, located in the East African Rift in northern Tanzania, is the only place on Earth where they are actively erupting. The lava expelled from the volcano is highly unusual in ...
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Engineers have found a rigid structure that exists within the center of turbulence, suggesting that its chaotic movement could be controlled in the future. (Credit: iStockphoto/Marlene DeGrood)ScienceDaily (May 7, 2009) — Pioneering mathematical engineers have discovered for the first time a rigid structure which exists within the centre of turbulence, leading to hope that its chaotic movement cou...
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Researchers have found a receptor for glutamate that plays a key role in the process of "unlearning" -- a finding that could eventually help scientists develop new drug therapies to treat a variety of disorders, including phobias and anxiety disorders. (Credit: iStockphoto/Diane Diederich)ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2009) — A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, pla...
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This is the location of the core drilling in the Pilbara Craton, West Australia. (Credit: Hiroshi Ohmoto/Yumiko Watanabe)ScienceDaily (Mar. 25, 2009) — Red jasper cored from layers 3.46 billion years old suggests that not only did the oceans contain abundant oxygen then, but that the atmosphere was as oxygen rich as it is today, according to geologists.This jasper or hematite-rich chert formed in ...
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