New research shows how complex chemistry may be relevant to origins of life on Earth
A popular model suggests life on Earth began with RNA. A recent study reveals how RNA precursors can arise from ...
Tag: Geophysics
Get excited by neural networks
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The ...
Solving the mysteries of water and air underground
Credit: J.C. Fiola Stand outside and look underneath your feet. There, perhaps under some grass, is the soil. On a ...
Rice scientist goes deep to improve environmental tracers
Laurence Yeung wins NSF CAREER Award to study biosphere's historyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 1, 2020) - With ...
Scientists discover new forms of feldspars
High-pressure experiments reveal unknown variants of common mineralCredit: Credit: DESY, Anna Pakhomova In high-pressure experiments, scientists have discovered new forms ...
Spring rains are a surprising source of pollen
University of Iowa researchers find tiny pollen particles remain airborne for hours after rainsCredit: Tim Schoon, University of Iowa Springtime ...
Probing materials at deep-Earth conditions to decipher Earth’s evolutionary tale
Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences.Credit: Greg ...
UTA civil engineer leads projects with city of Coppell to inspect sewer pipelines
Robots, artificial intelligence and sewer systemsCredit: UT Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington and the city of Coppell in ...
Cold War nuke tests changed rainfall
Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sitesCredit: Prof Giles Harrison, University ...
What’s Mars made of?
Researchers simulate the core of Mars to investigate its composition and originCredit: CC-0 Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to ...
A tale of two kinds of volcanoes
Credit: Ms Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg At an idyllic island in the Mediterranean Sea, ocean covers up the ...
A radar for plastic: High-resolution map of 1 kilometre grids to track plastic emissions in seas
Scientists in Japan develop a new method to track plastic emissions from land to seaCredit: Tokyo University of Science Plastic ...
New study takes the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano
Credit: Osvaldo González-Maurel Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir ...
Excessive rain triggered 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption, study finds
Scientists suggest rainfall patterns contribute to timing of volcanic eruptionsCredit: U.S. Geological Survey MIAMI--Excessive and sustained rainfall triggered the 2018 ...
Wits researchers unravel the mystery of non-cotectic magmatic rocks
Research answers question on how some magmatic rocks contain random proportions of minerals than what is expected for rocks of ...
Most of Earth’s carbon was hidden in the core during its formative years
New work reveals how carbon behaved during Earth's violent formative periodCredit: Rebecca Fischer, Elizabeth Cottrell and Marion Le Voyer, Kanani ...
Shifts in deep geologic structure may have magnified great 2011 Japan tsunami
Where tectonic plates meet, a change in angleCredit: Adapted from Oryan and Buck, Nature Geoscience 2020 On March 11, 2011, ...
The AIAA taps space weather pioneer Louis Lanzerotti for a career award
Credit: New Jersey Institute of Technology Louis Lanzerotti, a distinguished research professor of physics best known for shedding light on ...
Unstable rock pillars near reservoirs can produce dangerous water waves
Experiments on a simple model for granular cliffs that line the banks of rivers highlight hidden risksCredit: Huang Bolin WASHINGTON, ...
New study reveals the secret of magmatic rocks consisting of only one mineral
Geologists from Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have come up with an original explanation of how nature may produce ...
