Professor Dean Whitman, of the Department of Earth and Environment, studies earthquakes. He answers questions about the geophysics of the destructive event.

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The area surrounding our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole contains three strangely different populations of stars – ...

Lee Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson on June 18 denied a motion for new trial in Thomas Stein's case for his role in '24 ...

Long before modern science sought to explain the origins of the universe, civilizations around the world developed extraordinary stories to answer one of humanity's oldest questions: how did ...

The design of different three-phase brushless DC motors and how they generate torque. How magnetics, construction, and other factors impact torque, speed, and smoothness in BLDC motors. General ...

Abstract: A noninvasive ultra-wide band (UWB) partial discharge technique was employed in high capacity motors diagnosis. Those motors are installed and operating in an oil pumping plant. The ...

You may have heard people say that aboard the International Space Station (ISS) there's "zero gravity," but in fact, gravity is still very much present. The station orbits Earth at an altitude of ...

Astronomers know the universe is expanding, and that its rate of expansion is continually accelerating. Most explanations rely on “dark energy” to explain this phenomenon, but a new study takes a ...

Let's make this simple: You want to know if there are any post- or mid-credits scenes in Weapons. The answer is no, though the movie does have some visually distinct closing credits. Full spoilers for ...

Late in 2023, a video shared on Reddit that captured a passenger plane flying over San Francisco went viral because it appeared to be levitating mid-air. While some fighter jets can hover in place, ...