No matter whether it’s crushed or cubed, ice eventually melts into a puddle — but an alternative called jelly ice doesn’t.
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Years After an Earthquake, Rivers Still Carry the Mountains Downstream
On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
Scientists reveal how just two human decisions rewired the Great Salt Lake forever
Scientists found that Great Salt Lake’s chemistry and water balance were stable for thousands of years, until human settlement. Irrigation and farming in the 1800s and a railroad causeway in 1959 created dramatic, lasting changes. The lake now behaves in ways unseen for at least 2,000 years.
Alaskan Salt Marshes Offer Insight to Understudied, But Dynamic Environments
The most powerful earthquake in U.S. history originated along the south coast of Alaska on March 27, 1964.
Black Metal Could Give a Heavy Boost to Solar Power Generation
In the quest for energy independence, researchers have studied solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) as a promising source of solar electricity generation.
Cultivating Growth in Horticulture: UK Research and Education Center Reflects on Century of Impact
The University of Kentucky Research and Education Center (UKREC) at Princeton, part of the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has served Kentucky’s agricultural community for a century, supporting Kentucky’s fruit, vegetable and nursery crop growers through robust horticultural research and outreach programs.
NASA’s PREFIRE satellites reveal a secret glow escaping from our planet
With its two tiny CubeSats, NASA’s PREFIRE mission is capturing invisible heat escaping from Earth, offering clues to how ice, clouds, and storms influence the climate system. The insights could lead to better weather forecasts and a deeper understanding of global change.
A record-breaking antenna just deployed in space. Here’s what it will see
NASA and ISRO s NISAR satellite has just reached a major milestone: the successful deployment of its enormous 39-foot antenna reflector in orbit. Folded up like an umbrella during launch, the reflector is now fully extended and ready to support NISAR s groundbreaking radar systems. This record-breaking satellite will monitor...
Scientists just found a hidden factor behind Earth’s methane surge
Roughly two-thirds of all atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, comes from methanogens. Tracking down which methanogens in which environment produce methane with a specific isotope signature is difficult, however. UC Berkeley researchers have for the first time CRISPRed the key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the...
Trojan horse bacteria sneak cancer-killing viruses into tumors
Scientists have engineered a groundbreaking cancer treatment that uses bacteria to smuggle viruses directly into tumors, bypassing the immune system and delivering a powerful one-two punch against cancer cells. The bacteria act like Trojan horses, carrying viral payloads to cancer’s core, where the virus can spread and destroy malignant cells....