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Apr 24, 2009
Ever wondered what it's like being up close and personal with some of the most violent storms on Earth? That's often just a normal day for students and faculty at Texas Tech University, who study nature's tempests such as supercell thunderstorms and hurricanes.
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Apr 23, 2009
The US army has funded a Texas Tech University research program to create a high powered microwave 'e-bomb' that is able to take down computers and communications devices while leaving human beings unharmed, it was revealed this week.
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Apr 23, 2009
U.S. agriculture subsidies may get lambasted by the international press for suppressing farm prices abroad, but a study by Texas Tech University economists finds that developing countries are equally, if not more, prone to protecting their agricultural sectors.
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Apr 23, 2009
Many science teams around the globe have worked on creating a viable and portable electromagnetic bomb (e-bomb) over the past few years, one that could easily take out all the electronic systems in a given area, leaving the target dead in the water. However, despite their best efforts, the smallest such devices constructed have been as large as 3.5 meters in length. This has made them impractical for the military applications the Army envisioned for them. Now, researchers at the Texas Tech University (TTU) have designed an e-bomb that is just 15 centimeters in diameter, and 1.5 meters in length.
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