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Supercomputing helps researchers understand Earth’s interior
Geologists have created a computer model of tectonic activity so effective that they believe it has potential to predict where earthquakes and volcanoes will occur. Scientists focused on the deep mantle and its relationship to plate tectonics. Geology News — … Continue reading
Making magma helps researchers understand volcanoes
The best way to figure out how something is made is to take it apart and put it back together again. That is what Jessica Larsen and her students do at the Geophysical Institute’s Petrology Lab in order to understand … Continue reading
A New Way to Understand the World’s Rarest Minerals
Two geologists have developed a system for classifying some of the most elusive substances on the planet. Of the more than 5,000 minerals recognized by geologists, fewer than 100 are thought to constitute 99 percent of the Earth?s crust. Much … Continue reading
Scientists simulate Earth’s middle crust to understand earthquakes
Researchers have for the first time been able to measure a material’s resistance to fracturing from various types of tectonic motions in the Earth’s middle crust, a discovery that may lead to better understanding of how large earthquakes and slower … Continue reading
Men don’t understand women
(ANSA) – ROMA, 22 Apr – the common saying that sees men in difficulty in understanding the emotions of women find a new confirmation in science. The men take twice the time to understand the feelings that the women are … Continue reading