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CT Scans Show How Giant Hailstones Grow

by Rebecca Owen 17 January 202517 January 2025

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New Software Package Helps Scientists Find Flux

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An easy-to-use R package offers a more efficient way to sort through and analyze data about greenhouse gas levels collected in static chamber experiments.

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A beloved research vessel will have a second career after an underwater technology company saved it from the scrapyard.

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A Cloud-Based Solution to a Radar Data Deluge

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An open-science tool built to support NASA missions is making synthetic aperture radar, once the domain only of subject matter experts, more accessible for nonspecialists and real-world applications.

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Dozens of researchers deployed nearly 2,000 seismic stations—and a T-Rex—to better illuminate subsurface structure and magma storage below the summit of the highly active volcano.

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Fiber-Optic Cables Used to Measure Changing Soil Moisture

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Sensing Remote Realms of the Deep Ocean on Earth—and Beyond

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A novel laser-equipped probe is collecting measurements of deep-sea geochemical environments that once seemed impossible to gather, pointing the way toward future explorations of other ocean worlds.

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¿Qué tan líquida es esa lava?

by Rebecca Owen 19 August 202419 August 2024

Un nuevo dispositivo ayuda a los científicos a medir la viscosidad de la lava durante los derrames activos.

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U.S. Earthquake Early Warning System Gets a Major Upgrade

by Grace van Deelen 13 August 202426 February 2026

Satellite capabilities will improve the accuracy of ShakeAlert earthquake magnitude measurements.

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