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Date Time Ancient sand reveals missing piece of 3.2-billion-year-old continent Scientists have found evidence for a missing piece of a 3.2-billion-year-old continent, according to a new study by University of Alberta scientists. The research identifies the only remnant of ultra-hot lavas within this ancient landmass, located within tiny mineral grains preserved in sandstone. “Our research developed a method to identify and date pieces of our ancient continents that until now have been lost to...

View Comments A lead scientist of a study looking at breaches between the Memphis Sand aquifer and the shallow water aquifer above it said that the full findings will be released and presented by the end of the month. After presenting the current findings to the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Dr. Brian Waldron — one of the scientists involved with the study — said that the final findings of the research will be released by the end of June. This will tee up the council to hear the full fi...

CAESER concluded that a connection exists between a shallow aquifer and the Memphis Sand aquifer in what is known as the Davis wellfield. That wellfield is one of several stations where MLGW pumps the areas drinking water out of the Memphis Sand aquifer.  "A hydrologic connection between the Horn Lake Cutoff channel and MRVA [shallow] aquifer exists and creates a pathway for runoff from the TVA Allen Former Fossil Fuel Plant to affect the water quality of the Davis wellfield," CAESERs report ...

The Memphis City Council will make a final decision June 15 on an ordinance regarding the Memphis Sand Aquifer and Byhalia Pipeline. 

TVA said a groundwater research was "speculative" during a presentation to the Memphis, Light, Gas and Water board of commissioners Wednesday morning.

/CNW/ - The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Exploration competition has awarded funds to support 117 research projects across Canada that bring...

At its Annual Meeting, USRAs Council of Institutions elected the following four Board members: Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was elected Region I Trustee Wayne A. Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), was elected Region III Trustee Elizabeth A. Lada, University of Florida, was elected Region IV Trustee General Lester L. Lyles, United States Air Force, (Ret.) was elected At-Large Trustee. Dr. John A. Montgomery, Chair of the Boa...

Article content Canada’s free society is based on cultural expectations of reciprocal fairness and goodwill in our dealings with fellow citizens. This is what makes Canada a great place to live, and so attractive to immigrants. But our trusting nature is also vulnerable to being exploited by foreign actors with agendas that threaten our security and sovereignty. In the case of China, its intricate manipulation practices have had enormous success in transferring research data from Canadian uni...

The I-40 crack, officials have said, is on a beam that is crucial to the bridges structural integrity and is located near the middle of the M.

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