(PhysOrg.com) -- Stony Brook University Professor of Geosciences and Physics, Artem Oganov, along with several colleagues, appears to have solved the long-standing mystery of excessive heat on the planet Neptune. Using Oganov’s ...
Materials Science
Jan 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The geosciences center may be ordering 3-D glasses by the hundreds, but students won’t be watching Avatar.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2010
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A Princeton University-led research team has developed the capability to produce realistic movies of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations that can be made available worldwide within hours of a disastrous upheaval.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2010
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The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepcion (Chile) on 27 February 2010 was to a certain extent predictable.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2010
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Japanese astronomers on Sunday said they had found traces of a mineral that adds an important piece of knowledge to the puzzle of the Moon's geological past.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow are embarking on a project to try to establish how and when southern Africa obtained its unusually high elevation - which might also explain a key event in human evolution.
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Toxic seas may have been responsible for delaying the evolution of life on Earth by 1 billion years, experts at Newcastle University have revealed.
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2010
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Humans need plants to survive, and plants need soil. But what happens when human, geological and climatic activity alters soil composition and structure and diminishes the amount of fertile land available?
Environment
Jun 17, 2010
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Some bacteria destroy oil. Might those bacteria lead oil companies to change their methods of harvesting the energy of the oil while at the same time reducing the carbon dioxide that burning oil and gasoline discharges into ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2010
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Science has long believed that a warmer climate will increase river runoff to the Baltic Sea, thus making the inland sea less salty. However, a new extensive study from the University of Gothenburg reveals that the effect ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2010
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