The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of ...

These are the findings of a new study, in which researchers attempt to settle a decades-long dispute over the origins of the Silverpit Crater, now buried 700 meters beneath the seabed about 130 ...

Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture.

The Mosaic Company has received a state permit to drill an exploratory well in Polk County, Florida. The well will test the geology for the potential deep underground injection of fertilizer ...

Colleges and universities manage to provide required courses when their students need to take them only about 15% of the time, according to recent research.

The dinosaur’s bones are currently being held at the National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco. There are no current plans to put the dinosaur’s remains on display, but Ibiricu said he’ll speak ...

Mosaic Co. has received a state permit to drill a Class V exploratory well at its Bartow facility in Polk County, Florida. The well will test whether 8,000 feet underground is geologically suitable ...

There’s enough buzz on IIT campuses after Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission, but the space needs not just engineers, but also managers, accountants, metallurgists, geologists, and sales & business strategy ...

Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home galaxy.

The story of human progress is often told through the materials we have shaped and mastered. Stone gave way to bronze, bronze to iron, and iron to steel. Each shift brought not just stronger tools but ...