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News Release 26-Jul-2021
Research aims to unlock secrets of magma transport below the ocean floor
New research led by the University of Plymouth aims to understand how magma moves and solidifies to add two million kilograms of new material to the Earth's crust every second during a process called seafloor spreading.
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

News Release 26-Jul-2021
New US and German collaboration aims to produce green hydrogen more efficiently
The US National Science Foundation and the German Research Foundation have joined forces to award the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Technical University of Darmstadt a three-year $720,000 research grant to explore opportunities to more efficiently produce green hydrogen, a clean and renewable source of energy.
National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

News Release 16-Aug-2021
The MIT PRESS to publish new biography of astronomer Vera Rubin
In "Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond," Ashley Jean Yeager tells the story of Rubin's life and work, recounting her persistence despite early dismissals of her work and widespread sexism in science.