Harrison Allen found the 95-million-year-old specimen near Dillon while studying in MSU’s Department of Earth Sciences.

Water is one of the most familiar substances on Earth, yet its behavior under extreme confinement remains poorly understood. In a recent study, researchers from Japan revealed how water confined within nanopores can transition into a unique ‘premelting’ state, behaving partly like ice and partly like liquid water. Using static solid-state deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the researchers identified hierarchical molecular structure and uncovered dynamic properties with potential applications in energy storage and materials science.

Ice can dissolve iron minerals more effectively than liquid water, according to a new study from Umeå University. The discovery could help explain why many Arctic rivers are now turning rusty orange as permafrost thaws in a warming climate.

The chaotic nature of Earth’s climate system means projected hazards like flooding under climate change have high uncertainty. To more accurately predict flood risks, researchers from The University of Tokyo developed a method to merge data from multiple future climate scenarios with similar warming levels. This approach is important because it provides reliable, practical flood risk information allowing socioeconomic variables to be largely ignored in favor of specific warming levels, such as 2°C or 3°C.The chaotic nature of Earth’s climate system means projected hazards like flooding under climate change have high uncertainty. To more accurately predict flood risks, researchers from The University of Tokyo developed a method to merge data from multiple future climate scenarios with similar warming levels. This approach is important because it provides reliable, practical flood risk information allowing socioeconomic variables to be largely ignored in favor of specific warming levels, such as 2°C or 3°C.

A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher has caught on camera and documented for the first time a rare – and rather risqué – shark mating sequence in the wild.

A team of scientists has discovered that the ability of biochar to conduct electricity can significantly affect methane emissions from rice paddies, one of the largest sources of agricultural greenhouse gases worldwide.