Probe to predict landslides and earthquakes
Electrical signals that herald seismic activity could lead to an early warning system
Super shock absorber could protect buildings
Simulations show that a tapered chain of beads could take the sting out of large impacts
Read article: Elastic lava blows its top
Elastic lava blows its top
The viscoelastic properties of lava could explain the 'chugging' action of some volcanoes
Read article: Carbon clock could show the wrong time
Carbon clock could show the wrong time
Ancient stalagmites suggest that carbon dating could be inaccurate
Neutron flashes may forecast earthquakes
Seismic activity could be predicted by bursts of neutrons from the Earth's crust
Read article: Bad vibrations from acoustic lenses
Bad vibrations from acoustic lenses
Davis’ team developed a three-dimensional model to pinpoint possible underground focusing structures after analysing aftershock data and the local geological structure. The north-dipping Santa M...
Cluster takes shape
The Rumba and Tango satellites were sent into space on board a French-Russia launcher. Over the next week they will rendezvous with the Salsa and Samba satellites that were launched on July 16. The fo...
Mini Earth created in the lab
A conducting fluid needs to have a small ‘seed’ magnetic field before it can generate a self- sustaining field. The seed field induces electric currents in the fluid that in turn create a ...
The music of earthquakes
Diodati says he became intrigued by the link between music and physics after thinking about the crescendo in Rossini’s La calunnia è un venticello, an aria from the Barber of Seville. The w...
Theorists tackle the Earth’s core
Dario Alfè, David Price and Mike Gillian of University College London used a Cray T3E supercomputer to calculate that the melting point of iron was 6700 Kelvin, plus or minus 600 Kelvin, at the p...
