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Earthquake research center to prep PNW for impending disaster

Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: 鈥淭he Big One鈥 is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.  

And it could happen any day.  

This projected earthquake 鈥 which would occur along the Cascadia鈥

Western Washington University partnering in new $15M NSF-funded earthquake research center
Projects build research capacity and pipeline for regional institutions

A collaboration between Los Alamos scientist Jianxin Zhu and Armin Rahmani, associate professor at Western Washington University, will explore the emergent properties and interaction of Majorana fermions using high-performance computing and noisy intermediate-scale quantum鈥

Viral 'Swift Quake' 草榴社区 professor aims to make earth science popular

Western Washington University professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach has rocked the Taylor Swift community following her identification of what has been dubbed the "Swift Quake" 鈥 a shake that registered as a 2.3 magnitude earthquake on a seismograph, caused by the musician's recent鈥

草榴社区 grad student Kristin Carlson working on a NWCASC fellowship on the Nooksack this summer
Meet 2023's Outstanding Graduate Students
Chemistry鈥檚 Mark Bussell elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
NASA MESSENGER mission data to measure chromium on Mercury

Co-author Asmaa Boujibar, of Western Washington University, who performed the modeling described in the paper, added: 鈥淥ur model, based on laboratory experiments, confirms that the majority of chromium in Mercury is concentrated within its core. Due to the unique composition and鈥

2023 Outstanding Graduates: College of Science and Engineering
Study being done to get a better understanding of area's bumblebees

A new study is underway to identify the number 鈥 and types 鈥 of bumblebees in Skagit and Whatcom counties.

The study, which is led by Western Washington University graduate student Annie Jolliff, will also provide information about when the bees emerge from their nests鈥

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