It Is Now Possible to Quantify the Risk Associated with Rockfalls in the Andesby National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and EnvironmentNearly 60 percent of rockfall hazards in the study zone were attributed to seismic activity
NewsNew Source of Global Nitrogen Discovered: Earth's Bedrockby National Science FoundationNitrogen from bedrock can result in side-by-side productive forests and barren acidic areas
NewsScientist Crowdsources Rocks Harboring Earthly “Extraterrestrials”by Johns Hopkins UniversityBiologist expands pursuit of desert-dwelling microbes
NewsStudy Solves Mystery of How First Animals Appeared on Earthby Australian National UniversityResearch team finds the answer in ancient sedimentary rocks from central Australia
NewsMars Rover Reveals Ancient Lake with Properties Common to Those on Earthby Stony Brook UniversityFindings published in the journal Science
NewsAtomic-Scale Imaging Improves Dating of Planetary Eventsby University of PortsmouthUsing atom probe tomography, researchers were able to accurately date such events in baddeleyite, a relatively common but small uranium-bearing mineral in planetary igneous rocks
NewsHow X-rays Helped to Solve Mystery of Floating Rocksby Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryExperiments at Berkeley Lab show scientists how pumice can remain buoyant for years