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Kevin Galloway, left, and Mike Steinhauer of the Geophysical Institute’s Research Computing Systems unit attach cabling in August 2024 for the final and largest GPU node to be installed. Photo by LJ Evans

UAF’s high-performance computing resources just got a lot smarter

Geophysical Institute
October 3, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks staff upgraded the university’s most powerful high-performance computer this summer to significantly increase its...
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Kyra Bornong. Photo courtesy of Kyra Bornong

2024 UAF Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowship winners announced

Geophysical Institute
September 17, 2024
Students in geology and space physics are the recipients of 2024 Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowships. Kyra Bornong of Minnesota and Zack...
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Ice fog over Fairbanks as seen from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Debby Dean photo

New research has implications for Fairbanks winter air quality improvement

Geophysical Institute
September 4, 2024
Work led by University of Alaska Fairbanks and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers shows that the effort to improve Fairbanks' wintertime...
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The Mirror Lake offramp on the Glenn Highway near Chugiak, Alaska, shows damage after the Nov. 30, 2018, earthquake. Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

UAF scientist’s method could give months’ warning of major earthquakes

Geophysical Institute
August 29, 2024
The public could have days or months of warning about a major earthquake through identification of prior low-level tectonic unrest over large...
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Several participants in the Alaska Defense Forum visited the hangar of the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Tour groups visited several of the university’s research facilities. Photo by Brittany Smart

UAF sponsoring Alaska Defense Forum to assist with nation’s security needs

Geophysical Institute
August 27, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is a title sponsor this year of the Alaska Defense Forum, underway this week through Wednesday at the Westmark...
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Elementary school students digging in the ‘Permafrost Exploration Sled’ while at the BARC Science & Culture Fair in August 2024. Photo by Serina Wesen

SALVO team connects with rural students in Utqiaġvik

Geophysical Institute
August 20, 2024
The Snow Albedo Evolution, or SALVO, field campaign's third — and final — phase was completed this spring. The field campaign was conducted by...
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A field engineer of the Wilson Alaska Technical Center at the UAF Geophysical Institute services a portable infrasound monitoring station near Palmer Station, Antarctica. Photo courtesy of the Wilson Alaska Technical Center.

UAF receives funding to enhance nuclear proliferation detection

Geophysical Institute
August 19, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been named to a group of 12 universities tasked by the federal government with improving and expanding the...
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The graphic shows the propagation paths of specularly reflected (SR) and magnetospherically reflected (MR) whistler waves. The Earth-ionosphere boundary at about 55 miles is not drawn to scale. Illustration adapted from the research paper

UAF scientists discover phenomenon impacting Earth’s radiation belts

Geophysical Institute
August 16, 2024
Two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have discovered a new type of “whistler,” an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount...
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 Ice fog blankets parts of Fairbanks as seen from the West Ridge viewpoint at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Feb. 2, 2024. UAF photo by Leif Van Cise

UAF will buy instruments to expand Fairbanks air studies

Geophysical Institute
August 7, 2024
A $702,000 National Science Foundation grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks will pay for two science instruments to expand the study of...
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