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Friday, 17 June 2016
Gravitationswellen-Nachweistechnik: Erschütterte Detektoren
Mit dem am Mittwoch bekanntgegebenen zweiten Nachweis der Gravitationswellen verschmelzender Schwarzer Löcher sind wir auf dem besten Wege zu einer regelrechten Gravitationswellenastronomie. Die grundlegende Funktionsweise von Detektoren wie LIGO hatte ich in Gravitationswellendetektoren: wie sie …Saturn, Antares, Mond, Mars … erwischt.
Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder. Da sind tatsächlich noch Sterne am Himmel. Ich konnte sogar eine ganze Menge davon gleichzeitig sehen, zudem auch noch den Mond und zwei Planeten. Hier derIncreased activity in Öræfajökull volcano noticed
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:15:36]
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KM
It has been noticed that earthquake activity in Öræfajökull volcano is slowly increasing. At the moment this increase is just in the form of minor earthquakes taking place in the volcano at 5 – 10 km [...]
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Wie stellen sich hochbegabte türkische Jugendliche eine/n Wissenschaftler/in vor?
Heute ist das letzte Vorrundenspiel der Türkei – die Gelegenheit, der Hochbegabtenforschung in diesem Land einen Besuch abzustatten! Zu diesem Thema gibt es in der Türkei durchaus zahlreiche Studien; [...]Allez les Blogs – Der Herrscher der Symmetrien
Symmetrie hat für die Chemie eine besondere Bedeutung: Die verschiedenen Spiegel- und Drehsymmetrien der Moleküle haben entscheidende Auswirkungen auf ihre Eigenschaften, um so mehr, je komplexer die Chemie [...]Friday Field Photo: Cannonball Chert
Looking for Detachment [19:03:00]
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Carboniferous,Permian; GB,US,LB
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Study: Waste heat major source of national warming
“This is a major source of climate change that has not been looked at,” said John Murray of The Open University in Milton Keynes, England and lead author of the new study accepted for publication in [...]Media skills for scientists – how to get them!
I certainly don’t need to write at any length about the fact I think it is crucial that scientists communicate their research with the public. Over the summer we’ll be sharing a few posts on this [...]Il paradosso "del Sole debole" e la Terra delle origini: i gas-serra spiegano perchè il nostro pianeta non era ghiacciato
scienzeedintorni [12:25:00]
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ZA,US,AU,FR,CH,IT,GR,RU
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Kilauea, Poas und Shiveluch
Nachrichten von den Vulkanen Kilauea, Poas undMond, Mars, Saturn und Antares heute Abend
Heute Abend lohnt der Blick in den Südhimmel. Dort zieht heute und morgen wieder der fast volle Mond an Mars und Saturn vorbei, sodass diese drei zusammen mit Antares (αSco) ein 10 x 15 Grad … [...]Review of a paper: fatal landslides in Europe
In a paper just published in the journal landslides, Haque et al (2016) present data on fatal landslides in Europe between 1995 andWooster’s Fossils of the Week: Symbiotic interactions in the Silurian of Baltica
Wooster Geologists [06:01:45]
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Silurian; EE
This week’s fossils are from work Olev Vinn (University of Tartu, Estonia) and I did last summer that is soon to appear in the journal Lethaia. (An early electronic version of the manuscript has been [...]
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Burkhard Gladigow und die europäische Religionsgeschichte von der griechischen Antike bis zu den Protokollen der Weisen von Zion
Sehr gerne erinnere ich mich an die Seminare mit Prof. Burkhard Gladigow an der Universität Tübingen. Die Religionsgeschichte der griechischen Antike, deren Mythen und Einflüsse bis in die heutige Zeit [...]Frankreich: Allez…à la grande bleue!
„Allez les bleus – Auf geht’s die Blauen!“, rufen die französischen Fußballfans. Damit meinen sie die Trikotfarbe der Mannschaft. Diese interessiert mich weniger als „La grande bleue“: das [...]Scientists shed light on electrostatic dust transport in reshaping airless planetary bodies
New laboratory experiments may bring closure to a long-standing issue of electrostatic dust transport, explaining a variety of unusual phenomena on the surfaces of airless planetary bodies, including [...]Annosphäre
Zeit vergeht „langsam und zu schnell zugleich“ heißt es in der Philosophie dieses eindrucksvollen Instruments und das ist es, was es demonstrieren will: Es ist eine Sonnenuhr, die ohne Sonne [...]
Climate Game Challenge Finalists Announced
The Columbia Climate Center-led PoLAR Partnership, together with Autodesk and Games for Change are proud to announce the four finalists in the Games for Change ClimateGeoPolicy: 8 science-based projects improving regions in the EU
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As scientists, it can sometimes be difficult to see the real-world implications of some of our research. Concepts can often seem abstract and remote when sitting in a lab or taking field measurements. But [...]
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Job offer: PostDoc on seismic hazard characterization & mitigation, Aix-en-Provence
The CEREGE laboratory in Aix-en-Provence (France) look for a PostDoc in the field of seismic hazard and/or earthquake geology. The position is in the framework of the RISKMED OT MED funded project “ Natural [...]Friday fold: isoclinal flow structures in Icelandic lava
While soaking at some fine outdoor hot springs in southern Iceland (near Höfn) last week, I spied a Friday fold on the rock wall above the hot pots: Iceland is not a place where we would expect to find [...]Mujeres paleontólogas y bichos de tiempos remotos por Lindsey Leigh
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Permian; SE,ZA,US
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The Hawai'i That Was: To know what was we need to know Hawai'i today
The Mysterious Valley, Chapter 1
Previous: Introduction Next: Chapter 2: The Sound of Thunder (Coming Soon) Special thanks to Zizabethrex and Dinosir for submitting characters. Character submissions are still open (PM me with detailed [...]Half of U.S. Corn Crop Now Goes to Ethanol
Farming has always been about energy. We eat food for energy our bodies need to survive. But now American farming is increasingly about filling gas tanks as well as bellies. At a typical gas station found [...]Top concepts:
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