Geology/Soil

Friction drops as rocks slide past one another with greater speedCredit: Giulio DiToro (University of Padova), Elena Spagnuolo and Stefano Aretusini (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome) DURHAM, N.C. -- Engineers…

Credit: Andres Rodriguez Characterized by alligators, airboats and catfish, the Everglades is a region of swampy wetlands in southern Florida. In addition to the area's role in Florida's tourism industry, the Everglades play a…

A UNIGE researcher has discovered the particularities of porphyry copper and gold deposits, providing mining companies with a new tool to maximise the extraction of these two metals.Credit: © UNIGE Why are some porphyry deposits -…

Credit: Steve Darby, University of Southampton It's a resource used in global construction and mined from rivers and coasts across the world. Now new research, undertaken as part of a project led by University of Southampton, has shown…

Climate is an important factor in determining a plant species' growing zone. Some studies suggest that by the turn of the next century, climate change will have caused some species to spread several dozen kilometres north of their current…

Credit: University of Missouri A 550 million-year-old fossilized digestive tract found in the Nevada desert could be a key find in understanding the early history of animals on Earth. Over a half-billion years ago, life on Earth was…

Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have found that plants manipulate nematode pheromones to repel these pests, which cause more than $100 million in damage to crops every yearCredit: BTI/Murli Manohar ITHACA, NY, January 10,…

A governmental grant within the P-218 program has been won jointly by KFU and TNG Vice-Rector for Research, grant co-recipient Danis Nurgaliev comments, "Green seismic exploration technology is being widely introduced around the world. The…

A new study uncovers a previously undocumented relationship between erosion and wind speedCredit: Alex Pullen and Paul Kapp On February 28, 2007, harsh winds blew 10 train cars off a track running near China's Hami basin, killing three…

Team from Göttingen, Helsinki and New York gets new insights into the evolution of myxomycetesCredit: Alexander Schmidt, University of Göttingen and Scientific Reports Most people associate the idea of creatures trapped in amber with…