McMurdo Group Completes Acquisition of Techno-Sciences
Beltsville MD (SPX) May 08, 2014 -
McMurdo Group has announced the successful acquisition of Techno-Sciences (TSi), a leading provider of SAR satellite ground stations, integrated emergency response center systems and coastal surveillance solutions.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. TSi's Beltsville, Maryland location becomes the U.S. Headquarters for McMurdo Group, a division of Orolia, global specialist in crit ...
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Tracking turtles through time
Dartmouth NH (SPX) May 08, 2014 -
Turtles are more closely related to birds and crocodilians than to lizards and snakes, according to a study from Dartmouth, Yale and other institutions that examines one of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology.
The findings appear in the journal Evolution and Development. A PDF of the study is available on request.
The research team looked at how the major groups of ...
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The Red Sea - An Ocean Like All Others, After All
Kiel, Germany (SPX) May 08, 2014 -
Actually, the Red Sea is an ideal study object for marine geologists. There they can observe the formation of an ocean in its early phase. However, the Red Sea seemed to go through a different birthing process than the other oceans. Now, Scientists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah were able to show that salt glaciers have distorte ...
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Redescription of the oldest-known dolphin skull sheds light on their origins and evolution
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 08, 2014 -
Dolphins are the most diverse family of living marine mammals and include species such as the bottlenose dolphin and the killer whale. However, their early evolution and fossil record has been steeped in mystery due to lack of good specimens.
A new paper published in latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology re-describes the oldest species of dolphin with a new name: Eodelphis ...
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Space brings fresh water to Morocco
Paris (ESA) May 08, 2014 -
Recycling waste water and urine into drinking water is not only for astronauts - the same method is now treating groundwater for a school in Morocco.
The village of Sidi Taibi near Kenitra, 30 km from Morroco's capital city Rabat, has grown rapidly in recent years, and providing fresh water to its inhabitants is difficult because the groundwater is so rich in nitrates and fertiliser it is ...
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Wastewater disposal may trigger quakes at a greater distance than previously thought
San Francisco CA (SPX) May 08, 2014 -
Oil and gas development activities, including underground disposal of wastewater and hydraulic fracturing, may induce earthquakes by changing the state of stress on existing faults to the point of failure. Earthquakes from wastewater disposal may be triggered at tens of kilometers from the wellbore, which is a greater range than previously thought, according to research to be presented today at ...
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RWE to study reserve potential offshore Azerbaijan
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) May 6, 2013 -
German energy company RWE Dea said Tuesday it signed an agreement to examine the oil and gas potential in the shallow waters off the coast of Azerbaijan.
"The agreement gives us the opportunity to deepen our knowledge about the subsurface in a highly prolific area of the Caspian Sea," Hans-Hermann Ecke, a vice president in charge of new ventures for the company, said in a statement. ...
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