The asteroid underwent a high-speed collision, and the area of impact got deformed. That deformed rock eventually broke apart due to the huge temperature differences the asteroid experiences when it rotates, since the side facing the sun is more than 300° F warmer than the side facing away. “This constant thermal cycling makes the rock … Read more
The main mass of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite at the Field Museum. Credit: John Weinstein, Field Museum In 2019, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent back images of a geological phenomenon no one had ever seen before: pebbles were flying off the surface of the asteroid Bennu. The asteroid appeared to be shooting off swarms of marble-sized … Read more
STONO INLET — New technology to be installed near an artificial reef off Charleston this weekend will provide scientists and mariners with real-time data on waves, wind direction and water temperature. The Smart Reef installation is the culmination of the monthlong SC7 Expedition meant to get people outdoors statewide from the mountains to the sea. … Read more
STONO INLET — New technology to be installed near an artificial reef off Charleston this weekend will provide scientists and mariners with real-time data on waves, wind direction and water temperature. The Smart Reef installation is the culmination of the monthlong SC7 Expedition meant to get people outdoors statewide from the mountains to the sea. … Read more
When Mark Abbott and his team pulled a 300-foot-long core of mud from a lakebed high in the Peruvian Andes, he hoped it might provide a long-sought-after glimpse of the past 160,000 years of climate change. Instead, the researchers revealed July 13 in the journal Nature, that lakebed recorded the ebb and flow of glaciers … Read more
The Great Salt Lake as seen on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The lake reached a new low, officials confirmed Tuesday. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News) Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform … Read more
HHMI Investigator Jay Shendure in his lab at the University of Washington. Credit: Ron Wurzer / AP Images for HHMI While developing a new system for recording within cells, geneticist Jay Shendure and his team decided to give it a test run by using it to encode text. Since their invention relied on a nearly … Read more
The University of Oregon is experiencing its biggest summer of study abroad enrollment in university history with 829 Ducks leaving the nest to study and intern in 34 countries on 78 different programs. The students represent 79 majors, 67 minors and each school and college at the UO. After all travel-based programs were canceled in … Read more
And the drop is expected to stretch into the fall. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dust obscures Antelope Island and the Great Salt Lake on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The lake has hit another record low. | July 5, 2022, 8:32 pm | Updated: 9:03 pm For the second time in less than … Read more
Zhejiang Dayang Biology Technology Co., Ltd. implemented cash dividend (tax included) of CNY 6.00000000 per 10 shares (A shares) for the year 2021. Payable on July 08, 2022 with record date of July 07, 2022 and Ex-dividend date of July 08, 2022. S&P Capital IQ 2022 All … Read more