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Strength of tectonic plates may explain shape of the Tibetan Plateau
A topographic map of the area around the Tibetan Plateau, left, and the map view of the composite strong and weak Asian plate model,...
Assessing regional earthquake risk and hazards in the age of exascale
Researchers at Berkeley Lab, LLNL and UC Davis are utilizing ground motion estimates from a regional-scale geophysics model to drive infrastructure assessments.
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Understanding bacteria’s slimy fortresses
Princeton researchers have examined how individual cells act collectively to form structures called biofilms that often play a critical role in disease and other...
Earth’s magnetosphere: Discovery of zebra stripes in space resolves a half-century...
The Earth's magnetosphere is home to the plasma waves being studied by Yuri Shprits and colleagues.
Credit: NASA
In the 1960s, NASA launched six satellites to...
Space missions locate whistling space electrons’ origins
The Van Allen Belts, shown in green in this illustration, are concentric doughnut-shaped belts filled with charged particles, trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
Credit: Tony...
Off track: How storms will veer in a warmer world
Storm (stock image).
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Under global climate change, Earth's climatic zones will shift toward the poles. This is not just a future...
First transcatheter implant for diastolic heart failure successful
Next to a dime for perspective, this small wire device is designed to hold open a surgically created hole in the heart of diastolic...
Bacteria harness the lotus effect to protect themselves
These are water droplets on a lotus leaf.
Credit: C. Falcón Garcia / Technical University of Munich
Dental plaque and the viscous brown slime in drainpipes...
Biofilms: The eradication has begun
The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (in red) produces a sticky sugar molecule (in green) to make a biofilm that is important for its virulence. It...
Nice ice, maybe: Study finds water-repelling surfaces ease ice removal
Ice on window (stock image).
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Water-repellent surfaces and coatings could make ice removal a literal breeze by forcing ice to grow...
An engineered surface unsticks sticky water droplets
Schematic showing a new engineered surface that can repel liquids in any state of wetness.
Credit: Xianming Dai, Chujun Zeng and Tak-Sing Wong
The lotus effect...
