University of Oklahoma Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy assistant professor Xiaowei Chen and a group of geoscientists from Arizona State University and the University of California, Berkeley, have created a model to forecast induced earthquake activity from the disposal of wastewater after oil and gas production.
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Go With the Flow: Scientists Design Better Batteries for a Renewable Energy Grid
How do you store renewable energy so it’s there when you need it, even when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing?
Vaping Not Worth Potential Heart Risk, Researchers Say
Science hasn’t yet caught up with electronic cigarettes, leaving health care providers and users with many unknowns.
Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year
Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea, which cause large “garbage patches” to form in rotating ocean currents called subtropical gyres.
Spate of Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean
Climatologically quiet, the North Indian Ocean basin has seen an unusually high number of cyclones this year.
Oxygen-Starved Tumor Cells Have Survival Advantage That Promotes Cancer Spread
Using cells from human breast cancers and mouse breast cancer models, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have significant new evidence that tumor cells exposed to low-oxygen conditions have an advantage when it comes to invading and surviving in the bloodstream.


