High school students measure earth’s magnetic field from ISS
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2022 – A group of high school students used a tiny, inexpensive computer to try to measure ...
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Puzzling features deep in Earth’s interior illuminated by high resolution imaging
New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to take a detailed image of an unusual pocket ...
Rocket engine exhaust pollution extends high into Earth’s atmosphere
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2022 – Reusable space technology has led to a rise in space transportation at a lower cost, ...
Brazil’s Northeast region probably dried up during Earth’s last minimum axial tilt thousands of years ago
The São Francisco River drainage basin in Brazil’s Northeast region contains a substantial portion of the savanna-like Cerrado biome as ...
SwRI-led team finds younger exoplanets better candidates when looking for other Earths
SAN ANTONIO — May 3, 2022 — As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially ...
Ice shards in Antarctic clouds let more solar energy reach Earth’s surface
Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. New research led by the University ...
Modeling Earth’s magnetosphere in the laboratory
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 – A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within ...
Global survey of marine RNA viruses sheds light on origins and abundance of Earth’s RNA virome
An extensive evaluation of ocean RNA sequences from waters worldwide has identified thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses – doubling ...
Amazon Rainforest Foliage Gases Affect the Earth’s Atmosphere
Plant-foliage-derived gases drive a previously unknown atmospheric phenomenon over the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by researchers at ...
New tech makes eco-mining a reality for Rare Earths
They’re the driving force behind electric vehicles and crucial to the manufacture of many high-tech products, but while rare earth ...
Microbes and minerals may have set off Earth’s oxygenation
For the first 2 billion years of Earth’s history, there was barely any oxygen in the air. While some microbes ...
Scientists develop a new model of a fundamental process of Earth’s global dynamics
The tectonic plates that form the Earth's surface are like puzzle pieces that are in constant, very slow motion – ...
Molecules, rare earths, and light: an innovative platform for quantum computers and communications
The ability to interact with light provides important functionalities for quantum systems, such as communicating over large distances, a key ...
Ridgecrest shows how earthquakes damage Earth’s crust
In July 2019, a series of earthquakes including two major shocks of magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 a day apart struck ...
New study shows that Earth’s coldest forests are shifting northward with climate change
New research from Northern Arizona University shows rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising concerns about ...
Puffy planets lose atmospheres, become super Earths
Exoplanets come in shapes and sizes that are not found in our solar system. These include small gaseous planets called mini-Neptunes ...
Earth’s water was around before Earth
To understand how life emerged, scientists investigate the chemistry of carbon and water. In the case of water, they track ...
New research links continents to key transitions in Earth’s oceans, atmosphere and climate
A new study led by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and Michigan Tech geologist Chad Deering advances the ...
“Stop signs” for migrating songbird: variations in Earth’s magnetic inclination
Informing how birds know when and where to stop migrating, researchers using nearly a century’s worth of data report that ...
New research strengthens link between glaciers and Earth’s ‘Great Unconformity’
HANOVER, N.H. – January 25, 2022 – New research provides further evidence that rocks representing up to a billion years ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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Danish astrophysics student discovers link between global warming and locally unstable weather
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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The Cinderella Project: The right to see yourself in the mirror and like what you see
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New NYU Abu Dhabi research could make cancer treatments more efficient