Researchers discuss Mt. Unzen, a decade volcano

Repetitive fracturing during spine extrusion at Unzen volcano, Japan

Rhythmic seismicity associated with spine extrusion is a well-documented phenomenon at a number of dome-forming volcanic systems. At Unzen volcano, Japan, a 4-year dome-forming eruption concluded with the emplacement of a spine from October 1994 to February 1995, offering a valuable opportunity to further investigate seismogenic processes at dome-forming volcanoes. Using continuous data recorde...

Researchers Discuss Atomistic-to-Continuum (AtC) Coupling

On March 20, 2006, researchers from around the world gathered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a two-day workshop on atomistic-to-continuum (AtC) coupling analysis. The Computer Science Research Institute at Sandia National Laboratories sponsored the workshop, which was organized by Claude Le Bris (École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées), Jacob Fish (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and Pavel ...

Sulfur Degassing from Mt. Erebus Volcano, Antarctica

SO2 emission rates from Erebus volcano show periodicity, which directly relates to lava lake convection and magma and conduit processes. Mt. Erebus is a 3794 m stratovolcano with a persistently degassing convecting, phonolite lava lake. Lava lake SO2 emission rates were collected from 1992 to 2003 using the correlation spectrometer (COSPEC) and in 2003 and 2005 using a miniature ultra-violet di...

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A 4-Decade Enigma, Two Researchers and a Wonderful History

In that rainy afternoon, the young researcher and his supervisor were preparing their daily experiment. On its course, there was a remaining solution containing Verapamil, a classical L-type CCB. In a relapse, the young researcher decided to add this solution (containing CCB) in the isolated smooth muscle neurogenic contraction system. There was no apparent reason for it! The smooth muscle was ...