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Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, a geology faculty member and a mathematician, uses computational modeling to help officials in Iceland understand

Research Results

Snappy evolution was behind the success of ancient crocodiles

March 23, 2021 sarah Jonas Earth Sciences, Evolution, Evolution Biology, PALEONTOLOGY

New research led by the University of Bristol has revealed that crocodiles once flourished on land and in the oceans as a result of fast evolution.

Research Results

Younger Tyrannosaurus Rex bites were less ferocious than their adult counterparts

March 9, 2021 sarah Jonas Dinosaurs, Earth Sciences, Palaeontology

By closely examining the jaw mechanics of juvenile and adult tyrannosaurids, some of the fiercest dinosaurs to inhabit earth, scientists led by the University of Bristol have uncovered differences in how they bit into their prey.

Research Results

Study resolves the position of fleas on the tree of life

December 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Earth Sciences, Evolution, Fossils

A study of more than 1,400 protein-coding genes of fleas has resolved one of the longest standing mysteries in the evolution of insects, reordering their placement in the tree of life and pinpointing who their closest relatives are.

Announcement

OpenTopography Collaboration Awarded New Four-Year Grant

August 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Arizona State University, Earth Sciences, Lidar, National Science Foundation (NSF), San Diego Supercomputer Center, Uc San Diego

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed funding for OpenTopography, a science gateway that provides online access to Earth science oriented high-resolution topography data and processing tools to a broad user community advancing research and education in areas ranging from earthquake geology to ecology and hydrology.

Feature

To help students think in 3D, a geologist turns to paper model making

February 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Earth Sciences, Fresh Water, Geology, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, water

“Geology is a 3D science, but everything we give to students is on a 2D piece of paper,” says University at Buffalo geologist Chris Lowry, creator of the Foldable Aquifer Project. “With the foldable aquifers, students don’t have to imagine what a 2D drawing looks like in 3D.”

Announcement

Six Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

November 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments AAAS Fellows, bioactinide, BIOCHEMISTRY, Bioengineering, Biosciences, chelation therapy, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemical sciences, Cosmology, Cyanobacteria, Dark Energy Survey, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, earth and planetary sciences, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Nuclear Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Plutonium, Radionuclides, Seismology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Systems Biology, UC Berkeley

Six scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).