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...
The white calcite 'veins' of the Loma Blanca fault are evident in this slab of rock on the fault. These veins of calcite reveal a record of fluid-driven earthquakes clustered together on a fault typically characterized by less frequent,...
Flooded street. Credit: © kasto / Fotolia A new study by researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich shows that the most extreme rain events in most regions of the world will increase in intensity by...
Helobdella robusta, a tiny freshwater leech that attacks and kills snails. Credit: Photo by Ajna S. Rievra/UC Berkeley Leeches, despite the yuck factor, have captured the hearts of two University of California, Berkeley, scientists who are part of a team...
Brookhaven Lab scientists (from left) Ivan Bozovic, Xi He, Jie Wu, and Anthony Bollinger with the atomic layer-by-layer molecular beam epitaxy system used to synthesize the superconducting cuprate samples. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory The perfect performance of superconductors could revolutionize everything...
When raised in warm water and exposed to acidic water, bryozoans, honeycomb-shaped sea creatures, dissolved within two months, researchers observed. Credit: Eric Sanford/UC Davis The one-two punch of warming waters and ocean acidification is predisposing some marine animals to dissolving quickly...
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...
Water (stock image). Researchers have used cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Credit: © gertrudda / Fotolia Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially...
Enjoying nature. Credit: The University of Queensland People who visit parks for 30 minutes or more each week are much less likely to have high blood pressure or poor mental health than those who don't, according to new research by...
AWARE instruments at the WAIS Divide field camp in central West Antarctica in December 2015 under a spectacular optical display ("sun dog") due to atmospheric ice crystals. Credit: Colin Jenkinson, Australian Bureau of Meteorology An area of West Antarctica more than...
Titan's winter polar vortex imaged by the Cassini Spacecraft's ISS camera. The vortex is now in deep winter and can only be seen because the polar clouds within the vortex extend high above Titan's surface into the sunlight. The...