Speeding through the atmosphere high above Jupiter's equator is an east-west jet stream that reverses course on a schedule almost as predictable as a Tokyo train's. Now, a NASA-led team has identified which type of wave forces ...
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2017
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When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study of Earth's physical characteristics and behaviours. ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2017
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Plate tectonics has shaped the Earth's surface for billions of years: Continents and oceanic crust have pushed and pulled on each other, continually rearranging the planet's façade. As two massive plates collide, one can ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan and Germany has found evidence that suggests the middle of Earth's mantle holds as much water as the planet's oceans. In their paper published ...
Geophysicists at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology report in Nature Geoscience a new model for the existence of a deep mantle conveyor belt system that may have operated inside the ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A diverse team of researchers with members from Germany, France, Russia and the U.S. has subjected a sample of bridgmanite to conditions believed to be present at Earth's lower mantle and has found that it remained ...
The overuse of antibiotics gives harmful bacteria the opportunity to evolve into drug resistant strains that threaten health care. To help tackle the problem, scientists in China have begun a pilot study examining biomarkers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 7, 2016
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The light olefins ethylene, propylene, and butylene are key building blocks for chemical industry, and are starting materials for making plastics, synthetic fibers, and coatings. They are usually made from petroleum. In the ...
Materials Science
Mar 16, 2016
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The temperature 3,000 kilometres below the surface of the Earth is much more varied than previously thought, scientists have found.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2015
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The journey for volcanic rocks found on many volcanic islands began deep within the Earth.
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2015
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