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Distant Earthquakes Trigger Tremors at U.S. Waste-Injection Sites, Says Study
July 11, 2013 — Large earthquakes from distant parts of the globe are setting off tremors around waste-fluid injection wells in the central United States, says a new study. Furthermore, such triggering of minor ... > full story -
Geothermal Power Facility Induces Earthquakes, Study Finds
July 11, 2013 — An analysis of earthquakes in the area around the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in southern California has found a strong correlation between seismic activity and operations for production of ... > full story -
Solar Tsunami Used to Measure Sun's Magnetic Field
July 11, 2013 — A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic ... > full story -
Improved Interpretation of Volcanic Traces in Ice
July 8, 2013 — How severely have volcanoes contaminated the atmosphere with sulfur particles in past millennia? To answer this question, scientists use ice cores, among others, as climate archives. Atmospheric ... > full story -
New System Uses Low-Power Wi-Fi Signal to Track Moving Humans -- Even Behind Walls
June 28, 2013 — A system being developed at MIT could give all of us the ability to spot people in different rooms using low-cost Wi-Fi ... > full story -
Location of Upwelling in Earth's Mantle Discovered to Be Stable
June 26, 2013 — A new study shows that large-scale upwelling within Earth's mantle mostly occurs in only two places: Beneath Africa and the Central Pacific. These upwelling locations have remained remarkably stable ... > full story -
High-Tech Inspired Insights Into Japan's Ancient 'Kofun' Burial Mounds
June 19, 2013 — Fusion of traditional archaeology with cutting edge information technology has been used to uncover the mysteries of an ancient ... > full story -
Seismic Gap Outside of Istanbul: Is This Where the Expected Marmara Earthquake Will Originate From?
June 18, 2013 — Earthquake researchers have now identified a 30 kilometers long and ten kilometers deep area along the North Anatolian fault zone just south of Istanbul that could be the starting point for a strong ... > full story -
New 'Embryonic' Subduction Zone Found
June 17, 2013 — A new subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal heralds the beginning of a cycle that will see the Atlantic Ocean close as continental Europe moves closer to ... > full story -
Light-Carved 'Nano-Volcanoes' Hold Promise for Drug Delivery
June 13, 2013 — Researchers have developed a method for creating "nano-volcanoes" by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale "crystal ball" made of a synthetic polymer. These nano-volcanoes can store ... > full story
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