Flood of Genova, November 2011. Credit: © fotonazario / Fotolia Losses from extreme floods in Europe could more than double by 2050, because of climate change and socioeconomic development. Understanding the risk posed by large-scale floods is of growing importance and...
This is a map of recent Hawaiian volcanism, highlighting the Loa and Kea tracks. Credit: Tim Jones, ANU A study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has solved the 168-year-old mystery of how the world's biggest and most active volcanoes...
Tatyana Polenova and Juan Perilla, professors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, with a computer-generated model of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape and Jeffrey Chase Viewed with a...
Nelson Sepulveda is a nanotechnology researcher and associate professor of engineering at Michigan State University. Credit: Michigan State University A paper-thin, flexible device created at Michigan State University not only can generate energy from human motion, it can act as a...
A mosaic of images from the navigation cameras on the NASA Curiosity rover shows "halos" of lighter-toned bedrock around fractures. These halos comprise high concentrations of silica and indicate that liquid groundwater flowed through the rocks in Gale crater...
West Antarctica glaciers observed during an October 2014 NASA Operation IceBridge mission. New research shows valleys in the ocean floor enable warm, salty water to reach the undersides of glaciers, fueling their increasingly rapid retreat. Credit: NASA / Michael Studinger Glaciologists...
Concentrations of repetitive loss properties in Florida are shown in this map. Researchers identified sites where government buyouts and remediation projects can achieve social, environmental, and economic benefits. Credit: J. Calil and S. Newkirk A study of flood damage in Florida...
Evidence from ancient volcanic deposits suggests that lunar magma contained substantial amounts of water, bolstering the idea that the moon's interior is water-rich. Credit: Olga Prilipko Huber A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the...
Ginkgo fossil. Credit: Stephen McLoughlin For the first time, researchers have succeeded in establishing the relationships between 200-million-year-old plants based on chemical fingerprints. Using infrared spectroscopy and statistical analysis of organic molecules in fossil leaves, they are opening up new perspectives...
Stability test of the novel MA(1-x)GuaxPbI3 perovskite material under continuous light illumination compared with the state-of-the-art MAPbI3. A schematic of the device architecture and the simulated crystalline structure is also provided. Credit: M.K. Nazeeruddin/EPFL With the power-conversion efficiency of silicon solar...
Bang! A new moon crater appeared between Oct. 25, 2012, and April 21, 2013. At 12 meters (40 feet) wide, the crater is not hard to spot in the image, but the starburst pattern of ejected debris is elusive...