Posts Tagged ‘California’
Earth & Environment - Feb 22, 2010 17:40 - 0 Comments
Quake drill points to shaky communication
U. COLORADO (US)—Researchers who devised the largest earthquake preparedness event ever undertaken in the United States say one of the biggest challenges was translating devastation projections from a hypothetical magnitude 7.8 San Andreas Fault temblor into timely, usable information to the more than 5 million California participants in 2008. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2010 16:52 - 0 Comments
Mother’s age increases autism risk
UC DAVIS (US)—Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father’s age, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 2, 2010 23:30 - 5 Comments
California’s troubled waters
UC IRVINE (US)—Space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California’s primary agricultural region—the Central Valley—and its major mountain water source—the Sierra Nevada—have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America’s largest reservoir. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 12, 2010 10:48 - 1 Comment
Western butterflies—nowhere to go but up
UC DAVIS—California butterflies are reeling from a one-two punch of climate change and land development, suggest the results of a study led by butterfly expert Arthur Shapiro. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2010 12:45 - 6 Comments
Education level a factor in autism clusters
UC DAVIS—Researchers have identified 10 locations in California where the incidence of autism is higher than surrounding areas in the same region. Most of the areas, or clusters, are in locations where parents have higher-than-average levels of education. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 21, 2009 15:35 - 0 Comments
Greener way to build ski runs
UC DAVIS (US)—Building a new ski run by bulldozing a mountainside rather than only cutting its shrubs and trees is far more damaging ecologically, yet might offer only a week’s earlier start to the downhill season. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 8, 2009 18:25 - 0 Comments
Signs of stress may help predict quakes
USC (US)—Researchers are testing a new method of predicting earthquakes. The forecasting model developed by Danijel Schorlemmer of the University of Southern California aims to predict the rough size and location of future quakes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 11, 2009 18:09 - 1 Comment
Pacific white sharks stick to familiar waters
STANFORD (US)—The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean have separated themselves into a population genetically distinct from sharks elsewhere in the world. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 29, 2009 14:54 - 4 Comments
Researchers recreate attack-ant chemical
UC BERKELEY (US)—A research team has synthesized chemical molecules that trigger normally friendly ants to turn on each other and attack, a finding that may lead to new tactics for controlling the spread of invasive ant species. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 30, 2009 16:14 - 2 Comments
Largest quakes weaken fault zones worldwide
RICE (US)—The massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened at least a portion of California’s famed San Andreas Fault, according to a new report by U.S. seismologists. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 16, 2009 19:55 - 3 Comments
‘Tendons’ bring building in line after big quake
Schematic diagram of the rocking frame set up for shake-table testing. The steel-braced frame is shown in red. The white structure behind the frame simulates the weight of a three-story building. The inset shows the replaceable steel fuse, in yellow, at the base of the rocking frame. Behind and in front of the fuse are the vertical steel cables that pull the building back into plumb after an earthquake. During testing, the frame was sandwiched between two of the white structures. (Credit: Xiang Ma/Stanford)
Earth & Environment - Sep 15, 2009 17:27 - 2 Comments
Birds fly the coop when climate shifts
A low elevation species, the Bullock’s Oriole, or Icterus bullockii, responded to climate change by tracking precipitation. (Credit: Morgan Tingley)
Earth & Environment - May 28, 2009 22:23 - 7 Comments
Freeways: Twelve lanes of toxic pollution
Southern California’s crowded freeways provide ample opportunities for UC Irvine researchers to study the health effects of vehicle pollution. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)
Society & Culture - Mar 9, 2009 17:28 - 0 Comments
New analysis on California’s Proposition 8 vote
NYU (US)—On November 4, Californians approved a measure to ban same-sex marriage in the state. A new analysis of the vote on Proposition 8 shows that party affiliation, political ideology, frequency of attending worship services, and age were the driving forces behind the measure’s passage.
