January 27, 2010 | Posted by admin
A team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is returning to Haiti this week to investigate the cause of the January 12, magnitude 7 earthquake there.
Categories: Environment | 
Tags: aftershock, aftershocks, assistant director, continuation, earthquake, earthquakes, geological data, geologists, geosciences, initial quake, likelihood, magnitude, national science foundation, nearby faults, port au prince, port au prince haiti, purdue university, tim killeen | 
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January 18, 2010 | Posted by admin
Since the ground shook Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on January 12 and sent the densely populated city into chaos, scientists have been harnessing every possible tool to quickly assemble a detailed picture of a region in which scientific research had already been difficult to conduct.
Categories: Space & Earth | Tags: david applegate, dense population, felines, flash flood, flood hazard, gavin hayes, ground failure, massive earthquake, national earthquake information, percent, plantain garden, purdue university, science adviser, scientists, seismic standards, surface rupture, tectonic plates, u s geological survey, usgs national earthquake, usgs national earthquake information center, west southwest | No Comments »
December 14, 2009 | Posted by admin
INDIANAPOLIS – The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: appendages, axolotl, axoltol, biologist, blastema, david l stocum, derogatory term, fingers and toes, fishing expedition, hou, indiana university center, indiana university purdue, iupui, level of amputation, limb regeneration, mechanisms, metabolism, moose deer, natural ability, part, purdue university, purdue university indianapolis, research, rodents, salamander, sinc, stem, stem cells, undifferentiated cells, University | No Comments »
November 6, 2009 | Posted by admin
The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event.
Categories: Technology & Engineering | Tags: background information, classmates, Ed Coyle, eStadium, eStadium application, fellow fans, football game, georgia tech, information delivery, instant replays, intelligent devices, living room, new application, personal digital assistants, pockets, precursor, professor ed, purdue university, rare breed, smartphone, social networking, wake forest university | No Comments »