Big earthquakes remain unpredictable and often devastating, but new technology is paving the way for a groundbreaking way to ...

Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

The subhead on the Times Union’s story about the seismic event read: “Houses Tremble, Theatres Empty and Folks Near Panic as Ma Earth Does Gentle Shimmy." ...

A groundbreaking international collaboration has successfully detected multiple earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using an ...

When comparing the original laser signal with the light that exits the fiber optic cable, researchers can determine the strength of the seismic wave by checking how much the beam was distorted. Data ...

Sir John Pendry’s lecture showed how engineered materials make sci-fi real, from invisibility cloaks to microscopes revealing ...

Whenever a quake — big or small — occurs, it’s a good time to check on earthquake kits and make sure to have the MyShake app downloaded. The app, created by Berkeley’s Seismology Lab, gave ...

The Greek island of Santorini normally conjures up images of beautiful white buildings and dreamy blue seas, but since January this year, its home in the Aegean Sea has been hit by a near-constant ...

as connected faults can generate larger and more destructive earthquakes." Arriga's research, conducted at the AMGC laboratory at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), focuses on bridging the gap ...