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Oman ophiolite suggests subduction started with a shove by Mary Caperton Morton Friday, December 21, 2018 Past research has suggested two mechanisms by which subduction zones may form along an area of lithospheric weakness: spontaneous sinking of denser crust and lithosphere, and forced convergence driven by lateral movement of a plate. A new study suggests that the latter was responsible for the formation of a fossil subduction zone off the Arabian Peninsula beginning about 104 million years ago. Credit: K. Cantner, AGI. Plate tectonics is a fundamental control on how Earth operates...

 E-Mail (Boston)-- Newly published National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) are the first expert consensus criteria developed for the clinical disorder associated with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) brain pathology. CTE is a degenerative brain disease associated with a history of repetitive head impacts, including those sustained in contact and collision sports such as American football and boxing. At this time, CTE can only be diagnosed after death through a neuropathological examination...

Researchers think there may be an ancient link between catastrophic climate change and the forces that build mountains: shifts in the Earth’s crust.

Morningside Heights Community Coalition pressures Columbia to preserve rent-regulated units Morningside Heights Community Coalition pressures Columbia to preserve rent-regulated units Joao Santos / Staff Photographer In the face of luxury real estate development and rising rent prices, the Morningside Heights Community Coalition sent a memorandum to University President Lee Bollinger and several Columbia officials on Feb. 1, calling for the institution to preserve the rent-regulated units in its residential buildings as a source of affordable housing for the community. Local residents feel ...

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