This month in science: Interactions between rivers and faultlines, hazy atmospheres of exoplanets, a new director for the Seymour Center, job opportunities, and more...
As tectonic plates slip past each other, the rivers that cross fault lines change shape. The shifting ground stretches the river channels until the water breaks its courses and flows onto new paths. In a study published July 8 in Science, researchers at UC Santa Cruz created a model that helps predict this process. It provides broad context to how rivers and faults interact to shape the nearby topography.
A $1.9 million High-End Instrumentation Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will pay for state-of-the-art instrumentation at the facility that helps scientists make discoveries about novel compounds.
At coastal archaeological sites, fish bones provide important clues about how people of the past lived and how their daily activities shaped their interaction with the surrounding environment. For this month's Science Sunday, join Eréndira M. Quintana Morales to discover the fascinating world of fish bones and learn about her collaborative research on the archaeology of fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean.
