UN to help with building earthquake resistance plan

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:31:00 +0200frontiermyanmar (en)

By SU MYAT MON | FRONTIER. YANGON — The Myanmar Engineering Society and UN-Habitat will work together to help ensure three “important” buildings in Yangon are earthquake resistant, officials from the organisations said on November 10. Mr Bijay Karmacharya, country programme manager at UN-Habitat –....

Bernardino se fue a trabajar a EU para levantar su casa

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:39:00 +0200eluniversal-MX (es)

Atlautla, Méx.— Bernardino decidió irse a Estados Unidos para acabar de construir su casa dañada por el sismo del 19 de septiembre de 2017. Los 120 mil pesos que le dieron de indemnización no le alcanzaron para levantar de nuevo su vivienda que tenía tres meses de edificada cuando se registró el terremoto.

How an atom forms a ‘ghost’ bond with a partner that isn’t there

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:31:00 +0200nature-current (en)

A peculiar type of atom can be induced to form a ‘ghost’ chemical bond with a nonexistent atom, according to new calculations. A highly excited atom that includes a loosely bound electron has the weird ability to form ‘trilobite’ chemical bonds. Such bonds are created by the small attraction between....

How an atom forms a ‘ghost’ bond with a partner that isn’t there

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:45:00 +0200nature-nature (en)

A peculiar type of atom can be induced to form a ‘ghost’ chemical bond with a nonexistent atom, according to new calculations. A highly excited atom that includes a loosely bound electron has the weird ability to form ‘trilobite’ chemical bonds. Such bonds are created by the small attraction between....

World: Eighth Pacific Tsunami Drill set for September to November 2018

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:56:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes. “The events of the 2009 Samoa Islands Region, 2010 Chile,....

"Trump, el Brexit y Putin no son una moda. Vivimos un terremoto complejo"

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:02:00 +0200eldiario-es (es)

"Además, en lugar de entregarnos al nostálgico deseo de regresar al mundo de solidaridades de ayer, más valdría asumir que la actual atomización de la sociedad seguirá su curso y que tanto ciudadanos como clases se han esfumado como fuerzas de cambio, dejando paso a un mundo de individuos unidos por....

A daily aspirin might not be what the doctor ordered

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:18:00 +0200nature-nature (en)

Taking aspirin daily does not significantly prevent first-time cardiovascular disease in healthy elderly people — and might even be harmful. Medical advice has long held that low doses of aspirin can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Starting in 2010, John McNeil of Monash University in....

A daily aspirin might not be what the doctor ordered

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:15:00 +0200nature-current (en)

Taking aspirin daily does not significantly prevent first-time cardiovascular disease in healthy elderly people — and might even be harmful. Medical advice has long held that low doses of aspirin can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Starting in 2010, John McNeil of Monash University in....

Marc Anthony dice que nunca olvidará el horror del huracán María

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 03:08:00 +0200latribuna (es)

Miami, Estados Unidos.- El salsero boricua Marc Anthony dijo este jueves que nunca olvidará “el horror que tantas familias vivieron” tras el azote de María en Puerto Rico, donde exactamente hace un año el huracán de categoría 4 destruyó la isla dejando estragos que provocaron la muerte de casi 3.000 personas.

The multitasking cell that can build the parts of a human skeleton

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:18:00 +0200nature-current (en)

Human stem cells that give rise to bone, cartilage and other skeletal tissues have been isolated for the first time, opening the door to new treatments for debilitating conditions such as osteoarthritis. Stem cells mature into many types of tissue. Previous research has identified mouse stem cells....

The multitasking cell that can build the parts of a human skeleton

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:45:00 +0200nature-nature (en)

Human stem cells that give rise to bone, cartilage and other skeletal tissues have been isolated for the first time, opening the door to new treatments for debilitating conditions such as osteoarthritis. Stem cells mature into many types of tissue. Previous research has identified mouse stem cells....

3.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hits San Bernardino, California: USGS

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:53:00 +0200theepochtimes (en)

And on Sept. 19, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake hit near Elmira, California, which is located near San Francisco, according to the ‘Deep Creep’ Under San Jacinto Fault. A new study found that there has been a discovery of unusual behavior deep beneath the surface of the San Jacinto Fault in Southern California.

A year after quake shattered their home and lives, this family rebuilds

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 04:11:00 +0200pri (en)

One year ago, on the afternoon of Sept. 19, Wesley Bocxe was at home with his wife, Elizabeth Esguerra, in their eighth-floor apartment in the trendy Mexico City neighborhood of Condesa. Elizabeth was in the kitchen preparing lunch. Wesley was in bed with a fever. Their young daughter, Amara, was at school.

Reúnen 60 años de la obra de Francisco Toledo

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:32:00 +0200eluniversal-MX (es)

Jean-Claude Arnault está acusado de dos violaciones contra la misma demandante. Puede ser condenado de dos a seis años de prisión. Trabajadores de la dependencia se negaban a volver a pesar de los dictámenes realizados a los edificios. La embajada de Estados Unidos en México, a través del....

ONU pide proteger derechos humanos en emergencias como sismos

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:11:00 +0200televisa (es)

| FUENTE: efe | DESDE: CDMX, México | 19 de septiembre de 2018 10:41 am CST Damnificados del terremoto del 19 de septiembre de 2017. (AP, archivo) La Oficina en México del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ONU-DH) pidió este miércoles proteger los derechos humanos....

MÉXICO TERREMOTO - ONU pide proteger DD.HH. en emergencias humanitarias como sismos en México

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:16:00 +0200efe-agencia (es)

La Oficina en México del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ONU-DH) pidió hoy proteger los derechos humanos durante emergencias humanitarias y en el proceso de reconstrucción, el día en que se cumple un año del trágico terremoto del 19 de septiembre de 2017 en México.

19 de Septiembre

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:28:00 +0200diariodemorelos (es)

CUERNAVACA, MORELOS.- A un año del sismo del 19 de septiembre sigue en proceso la reconstrucción de viviendas. Datos oficiales reportaron más de 23 mil casas con daños, de las cuales el Fondo Nacional de Desastres sólo atendió 15 mil 586, el resto fueron apoyadas por “Unidos por Morelos”.

Building code can buffer earthquake, hurricane damage — JIE president

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:58:00 +0200jamaicaobserver (en)

STRICT adherence to Jamaica's proposed building code can be a significant buffer against earthquake and hurricane damage, Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) President Dwight Ricketts has said. He was speaking at the official opening ceremony of the 2018 JIE Engineers' Week on Monday at Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

5.8 Earthquake Hits Solomon Islands

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:39:00 +0200newsweek (en)

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck about 30 miles east-southeast of Gizo, the capital of the Western Province in the Solomon Islands on Ghizo Island. The earthquake hit at a depth of about six miles, the USGS said.

Efemérides: Ocurrió un día como hoy 18 de septiembre

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:57:00 +0200generaccion (es)

En el Perú: 1740.- Una flota de naves al mando del Comodoro Anso, parte de Inglaterra para saquear el Perú. Una tempestad se interpuso en su camino y diezmó la expedición. 1810.- Se constituye en Santiago de Chile una Junta, presidida por Mateo de Toro Zambrano, que proclama un Gobierno autónomo dentro de la monarquía española.

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:54:00 +0200therepublic (en)

MEXICO CITY Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:18:00 +0200nzherald (en)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:13:00 +0200ChinaPost (en)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:09:00 +0200whig (en)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Building code can buffer earthquake, hurricane damage - JIE president

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:07:00 +0200jamaica-gleaner (en)

Strict adherence to Jamaica's proposed building code can be a significant buffer against earthquake and hurricane damage, Dwight Ricketts, president of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE), said. He was speaking at the official opening ceremony of the 2018 JIE Engineers' Week yesterday at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:29:00 +0200680news (en)

In this Sept. 12, 2018 photo, Carla Ivette Avila Hernandez hangs clothes to dry, outside the apartment building at Independencia 18 where her family lived until it was damaged in last year's 7.1 magnitude quake, in Mexico City. Most of the building's residents, who have received about $1800 in....

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:26:00 +0200charlotteobserver (en)

Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states . Bureaucracy and physical and legal hurdles have delayed demolition of hundreds of tottering structures.

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:21:00 +0200mynews13 (en)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:14:00 +0200heraldonline (en)

Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states . Bureaucracy and physical and legal hurdles have delayed demolition of hundreds of tottering structures.

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:13:00 +0200miamiherald (en)

Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states . Bureaucracy and physical and legal hurdles have delayed demolition of hundreds of tottering structures.

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:11:00 +0200tribtown (en)

MEXICO CITY Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:09:00 +0200dailyjournal (en)

MEXICO CITY Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states .

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:08:00 +0200star-telegram (en)

Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states . Bureaucracy and physical and legal hurdles have delayed demolition of hundreds of tottering structures.

Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:07:00 +0200theolympian (en)

Throughout Mexico City, uninhabited buildings with gaping cracks lean at precarious angles and some displaced people are still living outdoors a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in the capital and 141 more in nearby states . Bureaucracy and physical and legal hurdles have delayed demolition of hundreds of tottering structures.

Manila, QC bets start jockeying for congressional seats

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:09:00 +0200inquirer (en)

Lopez’s son, businessman-lawyer Alex Lopez, will fight top Councilor Rolan Valeriano in the second district, while former Rep. Naida Angping will face Rep. John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto in the third district. In Sampaloc’s fourth district, an interesting match looms between Rep. Edward Maceda and former Rep.

Pathologists meet their match in tumour-spotting algorithm

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:59:00 +0200nature-current (en)

Artificial-intelligence technology that examines images of lung tissue can identify two common lung cancers just as well as pathologists do. A team led by Narges Razavian and Aristotelis Tsirigos at the New York University School of Medicine trained and tested a convolutional neural network — a....

Pathologists meet their match in tumour-spotting algorithm

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:49:00 +0200nature-nature (en)

Artificial-intelligence technology that examines images of lung tissue can identify two common lung cancers just as well as pathologists do. A team led by Narges Razavian and Aristotelis Tsirigos at the New York University School of Medicine trained and tested a convolutional neural network — a....

The devastating death toll forecast for Himalayan quakes

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:57:00 +0200nature-current (en)

An earthquake similar to one that struck the Himalayas five centuries ago could kill almost 600,000 people in the region today, most of them in India. The Indian plate of Earth’s crust rams into the Eurasian plate, pushing the Himalayas upwards and raising the risk of large earthquakes, such as the magnitude-7.

The devastating death toll forecast for Himalayan quakes

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:48:00 +0200nature-nature (en)

An earthquake similar to one that struck the Himalayas five centuries ago could kill almost 600,000 people in the region today, most of them in India. The Indian plate of Earth’s crust rams into the Eurasian plate, pushing the Himalayas upwards and raising the risk of large earthquakes, such as the magnitude-7.