Clues from deep magma reservoirs could improve volcanic eruption forecasts

Clues from deep magma reservoirs could improve volcanic eruption forecasts

New research into molten rock 20km below the Earth’s surface could help save lives by improving the prediction of volcanic activity. Volcanic eruptions pose significant hazards, with devastating impacts on both people living nearby and the environment. They are currently predicted based on activity of the volcano itself and the upper few kilometres of crust … Read more

Scientists unlock key to breeding ‘carbon gobbling’ plants with a major appetite

Scientists unlock key to breeding ‘carbon gobbling’ plants with a major appetite

An image of Cyanobacteria, Tolypothrix. Credit: Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 The discovery of how a critical enzyme “hidden in nature’s blueprint” works sheds new light on how cells control key processes in carbon fixation, a process fundamental for life on Earth. The discovery, made by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the … Read more

Cellular activity hints that recycling is in our DNA

Clues from deep magma reservoirs could improve volcanic eruption forecasts

Although you may not appreciate them, or have even heard of them, throughout your body, countless microscopic machines called spliceosomes are hard at work. As you sit and read, they are faithfully and rapidly putting back together the broken information in your genes by removing sequences called “introns” so that your messenger RNAs can make … Read more

Clues from deep magma reservoirs could improve volcanic eruption forecasts

Clues from deep magma reservoirs could improve volcanic eruption forecasts

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research into molten rock 20km below the Earth’s surface could help save lives by improving the prediction of volcanic activity. Volcanic eruptions pose significant hazards, with devastating impacts on both people living nearby and the environment. They are currently predicted based on activity of the volcano itself and the upper … Read more

The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm

The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm

Three rapid bursts of charged particles that erupted toward Earth from the Sun’s burning hot outer atmosphere on Wednesday could lead to stunning auroras across a wide swath of the US and a colorful hue as far south as Florida to start the weekend. Traveling at more than one-and-a-half million miles per hour, the trio … Read more