The George Brown Lecture Award, presented annually to an exceptional clay mineralogist in recognition of their research achievements, was bestowed upon Dr. Janice Bishop. Bishop is a senior research scientist at the SETI Institute and chair of its Science Council’s astrobiology group. The Clay Minerals Group (CMG) of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland honored Bishop at its award ceremony on July 24 at the Euroclay Conference in Bari, Italy.
(From Welcome to a New Life) Welcome to a New Life, a local Hancock County non-profit providing mentorship and resources to individuals involved in the Hancock County criminal justice system, is hosting its first fundraising event. The "Around the World Tour," presented by Ohio Logistics and Denny and Janice Bishop, will be hosted at the
February 18, 2021
Researchers at the SETI Institute say that mysterious dark streaks on sun-facing slopes on Mars, debated about for years, may be small landslides caused by a combination of salts and melting ice just below the surface.
A sample of Mars analog crust (imitation Martian soil) containing sulfate salts (blue and pink). The new study suggests that such salts and melting ice just below the surface on Mars could cause the enigmatic dark streaks on sun-facing slopes. Image via Janice Bishop/ SETI Institute.
For years now, scientists have been trying to figure out what causes weird dark streaks on Martian slopes called recurring slope lineae. They tend to be found on sun-facing slopes and keep repeating in the same places, hence the word “recurring” in the name. Different studies have suggested everything from brief flows of briny water or groundwater to dry landslides. A new theory combines elements of both. The intriguing peer-reviewed results were published in