Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
Can computers predict the next tsunami?
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have developed computational models of the earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated Japan in 2010 in order to predict disasters of the same scale. Continue…
Thursday, December 15, 2011 15:16 - 2 Comments
Earth & Environment - Aug 29, 2011 11:54 - 0 Comments
Japan’s tsunami picked up by radar
UC DAVIS (US) — The tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11 was the first to be observed by high-frequency radar, raising the possibility of new early warning systems. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 9, 2011 16:40 - 1 Comment
Tsunami shears off icebergs in Antarctica
U. CHICAGO (US) — Scientists have observed for the first time the power of a tsunami to break off large icebergs—in this case, the chunks of ice together equaled about two times the surface area of Manhattan. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 26, 2011 13:31 - 0 Comments
Japan earthquake rocked soil stability
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Japan’s March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake weakened the subsurface rock and soil by as much as 70 percent, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 24, 2011 15:49 - 0 Comments
Japan’s earthquake was a one-two punch
STANFORD (US) — The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan in March were generated on a fault that ruptured in a flip-flop motion. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 20, 2011 11:50 - 1 Comment
New data: How earth moved under Japan
CALTECH (US) — The first large observational study of Japan’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake in March is yielding surprising findings about fault slip and stress accumulation in the Japan Trench. (more…)
Top Stories - May 9, 2011 11:39 - 1 Comment
Cheaply made in the USA
IOWA STATE (US) — The U.S. apparel industry’s attempt to satisfy demand for cheap clothes and compete with inexpensive imports has led to diminishing returns on market share—both at home and abroad in Japan. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 18, 2011 16:23 - 1 Comment
Tokyo faces risk of massive aftershock
UC DAVIS (US) — Computer models suggest Tokyo may be at serious risk from a massive aftershock and associated tsunami, according to seismologist John Rundle. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2010 13:12 - 0 Comments
Are heat-loving bacteria the key to biofuels?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—A bacteria that lives in hot springs in Japan might help solve an age-old evolutionary mystery—and break a bottleneck in producing a fuel of the future. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 28, 2010 16:59 - 4 Comments
Hunted minke whales not overpopulated
STANFORD (US)—Antarctic minke whale meat on the shelves of Japanese grocery stores has helped scientists prove that the animal’s population is not booming, but rather is within the historical norm of the species over the last 100,000 years. (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)
