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Japan's 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: Surprising Findings About Energy Distribution Over Fault Slip and Stress Accumulation
May 19, 2011 — When the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, they caused widespread destruction and death. Using observations from a dense ... > full story -
Earth's Core Is Melting ... and Freezing
May 18, 2011 — The inner core of the Earth is simultaneously melting and freezing due to circulation of heat in the overlying rocky mantle, according to new ... > full story -
Does the Central Andean Backarc Have the Potential for a Great Earthquake?
May 8, 2011 — The region east of the central Andes Mountains has the potential for larger scale earthquakes than previously expected. Previous research had set the maximum expected earthquake size to be magnitude ... > full story -
Practice Can Make Search-and-Rescue Robot Operators More Accurate
May 5, 2011 — Urban search and rescue task forces are essential for locating, stabilizing, and extricating people who become trapped in confined spaces following a catastrophic event. Sometimes the search area is ... > full story -
NASA Technology Looks Inside Japan's Nuclear Reactor
April 28, 2011 — Design techniques honed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for Mars rovers were used to create the rover currently examining the inside of Japan's nuclear reactors, in areas not ... > full story -
Port Valdez Invertebrates Stabilized 26 Years After Alaska's Great Earthquake
April 25, 2011 — It took 26 years for marine invertebrates living on the Port Valdez seafloor to stabilize after Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964, according to a scientist at the University of Alaska ... > full story -
Therapies Based on Positive Emotions May Not Work for All Cultures, Psychologists Warn
April 25, 2011 — Thinking happy thoughts, focusing on the good and downplaying the bad is believed to accelerate recovery from depression, bolster resilience during a crisis and improve overall mental health. But ... > full story -
Radar Checks Buildings After Earthquakes
April 25, 2011 — Recent advances in ground-penetrating radar could be used to help structural engineers and conservationists assess the stability of historic buildings or buildings affected by earthquakes that ... > full story -
'Liquefaction' Key to Much of Japanese Earthquake Damage
April 18, 2011 — The massive subduction zone earthquake in Japan caused a significant level of soil "liquefaction" that has surprised researchers with its widespread severity, a new analysis shows. The findings also ... > full story -
Twitter and Natural Disasters: Crisis Communication Lessons from the Japan Tsunami
April 15, 2011 — Researchers in Japan surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku earthquake and devastating ... > full story
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