Stories indexed under: Geology

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• Vaterite: Crystal within a crystal helps resolve an old puzzle April 25, 2013 With the help of a solitary sea squirt, scientists have resolved the longstanding puzzle of the crystal structure of vaterite, an enigmatic geologic mineral and biomineral.
• Geology student drills into Tohoku quake source May 22, 2012 For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for a single flight of stairs.
• Rock your holidays with fossils, minerals at Geology Museum sale today and Saturday Dec. 2, 2011 For the third year, the UW Geology Museum will be decking out the lobby with holiday cheer and hosting the Friends of the Geology Museum annual holiday sale.
• Mifflin Meteorite finds permanent home in Geology Museum Nov. 23, 2010 The meteorite that lit up the skies over southwest Wisconsin this spring has been officially dubbed the "Mifflin Meteorite," and several of its pieces are now part of the permanent collection of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.
• Students size up seismic sensor sites July 29, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison students Matthew Kogle and Kelly Hoehn logged thousands of miles this summer driving rural Wisconsin roads, scanning the landscape. When they found a promising spot, they knocked on the door of the nearest farmhouse and tried to interest the owners in their cause.
• Wisconsin meteorite shards on display at UW Geology Museum April 19, 2010 At least five pieces of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be on display at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum for public viewing Tuesday, April 20 through this weekend.
• Meteor fragment lands in UW-Madison geoscience department April 16, 2010 Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience had the opportunity Friday morning to analyze a rock fragment they believe is from the meteor that blazed through the skies over parts of Wisconsin and Iowa Wednesday night.
• UW-Madison geoscience department seeks meteorite fragments April 15, 2010 Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience are making a plea for anyone finding pieces of the meteorite that blazed through the skies of southern Wisconsin last night (Thursday April 14) to bring them to the department for possible analysis.
• Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements March 22, 2010 A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions.
• Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel March 11, 2010 Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
• TIP/Madison woman to be guest of Obamas at State of the Union address Jan. 27, 2010 Jan. 27, 2010
• Rocks, crystals, fossils headline sale at Geology Museum Dec. 2, 2009 Unique gifts for people fascinated by the beauty of nature will be on sale at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum for one day only, Friday, Dec. 4.
• Banded rocks reveal early Earth conditions, changes Oct. 11, 2009 The strikingly banded rocks scattered across the upper Midwest and elsewhere throughout the world are actually ambassadors from the past, offering clues to the environment of the early Earth more than 2 billion years ago.
• Looking for alien life at the ballpark June 4, 2009 On Friday, June 5, UW-Madison researchers are taking science to the ballpark to share their work with the crowd at the Madison Mallards' first Friday night game of the season.
• Project explores mechanics of major earthquake faults Feb. 15, 2009 CHICAGO - Deep-sea drilling into one of the most active earthquake zones on the planet is providing the first direct look at the geophysical fault properties underlying some of the world's largest earthquakes and tsunamis. The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is the first geologic study of the underwater subduction zone faults that give rise to the massive earthquakes known to seismologists as mega-thrust earthquakes.
• Photo essay: Cold digger Dec. 23, 2008 Fifty years ago, UW scientist Charlie Bentley made his maiden voyage to a frigid, faraway land – and he’s been returning ever since.
• Cave’s climate clues show ancient empires declined during dry spell Dec. 4, 2008 The decline of the Roman and Byzantine empires in the Eastern Mediterranean more than 1,400 years ago may have been driven by unfavorable climate changes.
• Lava flows reveal clues to magnetic field reversals Sept. 25, 2008 Ancient lava flows are guiding a better understanding of what generates and controls the Earth's magnetic field - and what may drive it to occasionally reverse direction.
• Comet dust reveals unexpected mixing of solar system Sept. 18, 2008 Chemical clues from a comet's halo are challenging common views about the history and evolution of the solar system and showing it may be more mixed-up than previously thought.
• Ice Age lesson predicts a faster rise in sea level Sept. 2, 2008 If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.