http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Scientists have found the "Rosetta Stone" of supervolcanoes, those giant pockmarks in the Earth's surface produced by rare and massive explosive eruptions that rank among nature's most violent events. The eruptions produce devastation on a regional scale -- and possibly trigger climatic and environmental effects at a global scale. http://www.physorg.com/news172766088.html Space & Earth Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:36:23 EST news172766088 (PhysOrg.com) -- Some slow-moving faults may help protect some regions of Italy and other parts of the world against destructive earthquakes, suggests new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. http://www.physorg.com/news170672915.html Space & Earth Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:09:53 EST news170672915 This summer, one of the world's leading ocean science bodies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) adopted the new international thermodynamic equation of state for seawater called TEOS-10. A complex, dynamic mixture of dissolved minerals, salts, and organic material, seawater has historically presented difficulties in terms of determining its physical chemical properties. http://www.physorg.com/news168246156.html Space & Earth Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:30:57 EST news168246156 (AP) -- Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious origins of its modern Asian cousin. http://www.physorg.com/news164957722.html Other Sciences Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:36:29 EST news164957722 At first, figuring out how pebble-sized rocks organize themselves in evenly-spaced patterns in sand seemed simple and even intuitive. But once Andrew Leier, an assistant geoscience professor at the U of C, started observing, he discovered that the most commonly held notions did not apply. http://www.physorg.com/news150556841.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:20:41 EST news150556841 The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated Robert Whisonant since his undergraduate days, and now Whisonant has teamed up with geomorphologist Judy Ehlen, both of Radford University, to take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the soldiers' feet. http://www.physorg.com/news142086131.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:22:11 EST news142086131