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26 July 2018

Press, Research

Carbon dioxide eruptions triggered by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal

An international team has highlighted disturbances in the flow of gases and fluids in the Earth's crust following the Gorkha earthquake in 2015. These...

24 July 2018

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Xavier Mangenot receives the 2018 Van Straelen thesis prize from SGF

13 July 2018

Press, Research

Predominant role of purple bacteria in stromatolite formation in Lake Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte

Using a combination of micro-imaging and microbial ecology techniques, a multi-disciplinary team (1) has highlighted the predominant role played by ph...

16 May 2018

Press, Research

What's happening in Titan's equatorial belt?

Over the last thirteen years (2004 - 2017), the Cassini-Huygens mission has brought about a real revolution in the exploration of Titan, Saturn's larg...

15 May 2018

General public, Press, Research

The crustal structure and kinematics of the Central Andes revisited

Since the advent of plate tectonics, a distinction has been made between mountain ranges formed by the collision of continental blocks, the typical ex...

05 May 2018

Events, Observatories, Press

InSight launch

At 4:05 am (Pacific time) on Saturday May 5, the Atlas V rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, sending the InSight probe to Ma...

03 May 2018

Events, Observatories, Press

InSight press conference

Two days before the launch of the InSight mission, NASA organised a major press conference at the Vandenberg military base. Scientists and managers fr...

02 May 2018

General public, Press, Research

A giant planetary embryo revealed by inclusions in meteorite diamonds

A study by EPFL researchers, in partnership with IPGP, BGI and IUEM, of diamond samples found in a ureilite-type meteorite shows that their formation ...

30 April 2018

Press, Research

How can the origin of lead from multiple sources be determined? A new statistical approach.

Determining the origin of terrestrial materials is a major scientific issue that concerns a wide range of disciplines. It is an issue for geochemists ...

28 April 2018

Press, Research

Earthquake deficit and seismic hazard along the Levant Fault

Researchers from the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris, in collaboration with scientists from Jordan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources a...

26 April 2018

General public, Press, Research

The study of Martian dunes to help better model the global climate circulation of Mars

Dune systems provide unique information about wind regimes on the surface of planetary bodies where there are no direct meteorological data as on Eart...

18 April 2018

Press, Research

Gravimetric satellite data highlight deep deformations prior to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

Giant earthquakes, such as the one off the coast of Tohoku, Japan, in 2011, are an extreme manifestation of plate tectonics. They most often occur in ...