Migration of monsoons created, then killed Harappan civilization
Mon, 28 May 2012 14:14:06 -0700

The new research was performed by a team led by geologist Liviu Giosan of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science . Working in Pakistan, they used photographs ...

An augmented reality sandbox uses virtual water and topographic map features ...
Mon, 07 May 2012 10:49:38 -0700

Today's sandbox is getting a high tech, augmented-reality makeover that is teaching kids big and small topographic map-reading skills as they sculpt mountains and streams. The augmented reality sandbox combines a real sandbox with virtual topography ...

NASA mission brings protoplanet Vesta into focus
Thu, 10 May 2012 17:13:11 -0700

The central peak in the Rheasilvia impact basin on the protoplanet Vesta is shown in a false-color topographic image and a black-and-white mosaic image. ( Science /AAAS / May 10, 2012) By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times NASA'sfirst hard look at the ...

Augmented Reality Sandbox: Kinect-Enabled Sandbox Displays 3-D Topographic ...
Mon, 07 May 2012 15:41:32 -0700

In one of the coolest applications of augmented reality, some of the folks at the UC Davis WM Keck Center for Active Visualization in the Earth Sciences have developed a sandbox that acts as a real-time interactive, maleable topographical map, ...

Expert Advice: Location by Database
Wed, 30 May 2012 11:02:55 -0700

Radio-frequency pattern matching (RFPM) is the engine that enables the use of mobile-phone signals to locate wireless devices in any environment , including dense downtown areas and indoors. This exciting technology leverages the power of the database ...

Test & Inspection: The Case for 3-D Assembly Verification
Wed, 30 May 2012 14:01:48 -0700

Today's manufacturing environment is fast paced and filled with various forms of technology to help manufacturers monitor and control their processes. Machine vision has become one of the mainstays for process control, metrology and assembly ...

Thinking like a watershed
Sun, 27 May 2012 21:41:22 -0700

By Kim Langmaid Thinking in terms of watersheds is helpful because watersheds are finite places, bounded by higher elevation topography on all sides. To see the US Forest Service watershed condition framework maps, ...

Earthquake Exhibit At California Academy Of Science Features Quake Stimulator ...
Thu, 24 May 2012 15:12:52 -0700

Now you can experience the historic event yourself, courtesy of the California Academy of Science . "Earthquake," a new exhibit and planetarium show, opens at the beloved Golden Gate Park museum on May 26, complete with a quake stimulator, ...

The Mechanical Underpinnings of Breast Cancer
Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:02 -0700

... fields of Polymer Science , Chemical Engineering, and Biochemistry to generate a novel method to recapitulate the metastatic breast cancer tumor microenvironment in order to elucidate the role of mechanical cues present: stiffness and topography .

Climate Change Led to Collapse of Ancient Indus Civilization, Study Finds
Tue, 29 May 2012 09:50:42 -0700

By combining satellite photos and topographic data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), the researchers prepared and analyzed digital maps of landforms constructed by the Indus and neighboring rivers, which were then probed in the ...

North County Arts & Culture in June
Wed, 30 May 2012 14:11:48 -0700

Our diverse topography provides a variety of microclimates giving the visitor a sensation of going from a desert environment to a tropical rainforest, all within 37 acres. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm with extended hours until 7 pm on ...

How the planet got its spots
Thu, 31 May 2012 01:00:10 -0700

In his new book, "The Story of Earth", Robert Hazen, a geophysicist at the Carnegie Institution in Washington and a professor of earth science at the nearby George Mason University, offers what is often literally a potted history of Earth's slow ...

SLC Agricola Enters Into Partnership for Land Development
Thu, 31 May 2012 14:39:37 -0700

"We want to contribute to the global grain supply by using the best agricultural techniques, always respecting the environment and in compliance with the law. We currently own over 1000 hectares of legal reserve, an area as big as the city of Rio de ...

GDS International Joins Forces with Africa's Oil and Gas Elite
Mon, 14 May 2012 04:08:01 -0700

The NG O&G Africa Summit will serve as an arena for C-level executives to meet, network, and assess the rapidly evolving topography of the oil and gas industry in a lively, closed door environment . The summit has been carefully refined to cover cutting ...

Welcome to the Cocoon House: Magical seaside home designed to reflect nature ...
Wed, 30 May 2012 08:35:12 -0700

The soaring sides of the futuristic structure were designed to emulate both a cocoon of living organisms and the volcanic topography of the Jeju Island, South Korea, where the building process is about to start. A cube-shaped building stands to either ...

Plenty of space for camping as tent team sets altitude record
Thu, 31 May 2012 15:52:14 -0700

On its serene flight upwards, the red Vango Air Beam Flux 200 can be seen surreally floating above the Highland topography then through a hail and snow storm before clearing the clouds and bursting into sunlight. Vango said the Air Beam was launched from ...

Cryospheric science : Vulnerable ice in the Weddell Sea
Wed, 09 May 2012 10:21:16 -0700

For example, the location of the grounding line the transition between ice that sits on the bed and ice connected to the sheet but floating on the ocean plays a key role in the stability of a marine ice sheet, as does the topography of the ice ...

Stargazing Science Used to See Inside the Human Eye
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:22:48 -0700

So the group combined it with another technique called optical coherence topography , used to measure the thickness of tissues like the retina. The result: the ability to produce 3D images of cells within the retina, such as cone photoreceptors, ...

Chimps' personalities are like people's
Tue, 29 May 2012 05:46:35 -0700

Because, they feel, Dr. Carson doesn't really understand science . Dr. Carson is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a noted philanthropist, the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, co-director of the Craniofacial Center ...

May GSA Bulletin postings take global geology tour
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:08:21 -0700

Geometry and scale of fault segmentation and deformational bulging along an active oblique-slip fault (Wairarapa fault, New Zealand) RC Carne and TA Little, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, ...