Rougher faults may generate more earthquake aftershocks
When an earthquake hits, it is rarely an isolated event. Foreshocks precede quakes, and aftershocks follow them. To quantify seismic hazards, scientists must disentangle the factors that contribute to these shaking sequences......»»
Earthquake fatality measure offers new way to estimate impact on countries
A new measure that compares earthquake-related fatalities to a country's population size concludes that Ecuador, Lebanon, Haiti, Turkmenistan, Iran and Portugal have experienced the greatest impact from fatalities in the past five centuries......»»
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Researchers studying ocean transform faults, describe a previously unknown part of the geological carbon cycle
Studying a rock is like reading a book. The rock has a story to tell, says Frieder Klein, an associate scientist in the Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)......»»
Scientists study the behaviors of chiral skyrmions in chiral flower-like obstacles
In nature, the collective motion of some birds and fish, such as flocks of starlings and shoals of sardines, respectively, can generate impressive dynamic phenomena. Their study constitutes active matter science, which has been a topic of great inter.....»»
Protecting against AI-enhanced email threats
Generative AI based on large language models (LLMs) has become a valuable tool for individuals and businesses, but also cybercriminals. Its ability to process large amounts of data and quickly generate results has contributed to its widespread adopti.....»»
CyberShake study uses Summit supercomputer to investigate earthquake hazards
Researchers at the Statewide California Earthquake Center, or SCEC, are unraveling the mysteries of earthquakes by using physics-based computational models running on high-performance computing systems at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National.....»»
Replacing animal-based foods with alternative proteins would unlock land for carbon removal, say researchers
Researchers report that replacing 50% of animal products with alternative proteins by 2050 could free up enough agricultural land to generate renewable energy equivalent in volume to today's coal-generated power while simultaneously removing substant.....»»
How political issues hindered Turkey"s 2023 earthquake response
Two major earthquakes shook southern Turkey on February 6, 2023. Over 50,000 people lost their lives and nearly 2 million people—many of whom were Syrian refugees—were evacuated from the country's affected provinces......»»
How an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent
After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking steps to limit the injection of wastewater from oil and gas extraction deep into the ground. As a result, the number of earthquakes, particularly larg.....»»
Geoscientists find Pacific plate is scored by large undersea faults that are pulling it apart
A team of geoscientists from the University of Toronto is shedding new light on the century-old model of plate tectonics, which suggests the plates covering the ocean floors are rigid as they move across the Earth's mantle......»»
A new origin story for deadly Seattle fault
The Seattle fault zone is a network of shallow faults slicing through the lowlands of Puget Sound, threatening to create damaging earthquakes for the more than four million people who live there......»»
The 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona put on very close racing for a record crowd
The around-the-clock race marked the start of the North American racing calendar. Enlarge / The current crop of GTP hybrid prototypes look wonderful, thanks to rules that cap the amount of downforce they can generate in favor of.....»»
Oklahoma rattled by shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook an area near Oklahoma City late Friday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported......»»
Google Bard gains image generation capabilities
Google has announced an update to its Bard AI where users can now type in prompts to generate custom images on the fly. The post Google Bard gains image generation capabilities appeared first on Phandroid. Google Bard is the company’s an.....»»
Key management practices to enhance biodiversity in the Western Pyrenees
A study in which the FisioKlima-AgroSosT group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) participated identifies the key management practices needed to generate and maintain biodiversity in the grasslands of the Western Pyrenees of Navarre. T.....»»
VW founds AI lab, in talks with potential partners
VW aims to generate early-stage prototypes in areas like AI-optimized charging cycles, predictive maintenance services and voice recognition......»»
The moon is shrinking, causing moonquakes at the lunar south pole
New research from NASA suggests that the shrinking of the moon over time is causing moonquakes and the formation of faults near its south pole......»»
Team develops new way to generate powerful and focused X-rays using electron waveshaping
Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed and simulated a new energy-efficient way to generate highly focused and finely controlled X-rays that are up to a thousand times more intense than those from.....»»
Fubo’s new feature uses AI to pull headlines from live news
Today the sports-focused live TV streaming service Fubo announced its new Instant Headlines feature that uses AI to generate headlines for its live news carousel......»»
7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles part of western China, injuring 6 people and collapsing 47 homes
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China's western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, injuring six people and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather, authorities said. The quake was the latest in a.....»»