These faults can act like railroad tracks controlling the future direction the tectonic plate moves in. It may also mean plates can rotate one way more easily than another, as there is less tectonic resistance for the plate to turn in one direction - away from the fault - than the other.
Charging the capacitor banks initiates a tense moment in the control room, where silence prevails as everyone focuses on the monitors. After confirming the charge, the shot is fired, releasing stored energy into the beam.
Aging and damaged brain cells, or neurons, can cause memory problems and limit the brain's ability to recover from illnesses. Some scientists have posited that if we could just turn on the ability to make new neurons in the brain—a process called neurogenesis—some of these deleterious changes might be reversed.
The article tackles the mystery of why birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, which drastically altered evolution. This question has intrigued paleontologists for years.
Citizen Science Month is built around a goal of 2.5 million 'Acts of Science,' tying the annual event to America's 250th birthday through a simple but powerful idea: lots of small contributions can add up to something really meaningful.
