The Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, long shrouded in secrecy by the Soviet government, are a seismic and volcanic hotbed with a potential to trigger tsunamis that pose a risk to the rest of the Pacific Basin.


The Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, long shrouded in secrecy by the Soviet government, are a seismic and volcanic hotbed with a potential to trigger tsunamis that pose a risk to the rest of the Pacific Basin.









91̽»¨and other colleges in the land of legalized pot say they still won’t allow students to smoke marijuana.















New 91̽»¨ research suggests that early microbes might have been widespread on land, producing oxygen before the atmosphere was oxygen-rich.


The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant over five years in reauthorizing the Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis based at the 91̽»¨.




After a makeover lasting nearly 2½ years, the Husky Union Building opened on Monday, though it will continue in transition for the next couple of weeks.




New 91̽»¨research indicates that shortly before an asteroid impact spelled doom for the dinosaurs, a separate extinction triggered by volcanic eruptions killed life on the ocean floor.


Middle school and high school students from the Yakama Nation will have a chance this weekend to peer into space or learn the basics of rocket flight during a daylong festival with scientists from 91̽»¨and other institutions.


With the recent landing of NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars, for the third time a timepiece assembled at the 91̽»¨ has found a home on the Red Planet.
