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Alaska Earthquake Center research seismologist Ezgi Karasözen displays a map of earthquake activity in a computer application named Earthquake. UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta

For a UAF seismologist, the Turkey earthquake is personal

Geophysical Institute
February 21, 2023
Ezgi Karasözen, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute research seismologist, was packing for a trip from her home in Colorado to...
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David Newman.  UAF photo by Todd Paris

UAF research contributes to progress on fusion energy

Geophysical Institute
February 20, 2023
Fairbanks and nuclear fusion research usually aren’t mentioned in the same sentence. But they could be. Plasma physicist David Newman at the...
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Event participants gather around the Sentry unmanned aircraft of the UAF Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration after a successful flight May 22, 2022, at Fairbanks International Airport. Photo by JR Ancheta/UAF Geophysical Institute

FAA grants wide authority to UAF unmanned aircraft center

Geophysical Institute
February 15, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration has granted a regulatory waiver to the University of Alaska Fairbanks unmanned aircraft systems test site...
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University of Alaska Fairbanks Ph.D. student Kyle Smith installs a seismic sensor in the Minto Flats on Sept. 3, 2015. Photo by Carl Tape

Research explains strength of earthquake shaking in Nenana Basin

Geophysical Institute
January 25, 2023
Earthquakes in the Nenana Basin region of Interior Alaska last longer and feel much stronger than a quake of comparable magnitude would in a...
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Alaska Satellite Facility Director Wade Albright, with the Elvey Building behind him at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. ASF is located in the Elvey Building. Photo by JR Ancheta

Wade Albright selected as director of Alaska Satellite Facility

Geophysical Institute
January 24, 2023
Wade Albright has been named director of the Alaska Satellite Facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Albright has...
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The annual Science for Alaska lecture series returns this year to an in-person format, with the addition of an online audience, after two years of being online only due to the COVID outbreak. In this 2019 photograph, audience members listen during a presentation. UAF Geophysical Institute photo

31st annual Science for Alaska talks and outreach events announced

Geophysical Institute
January 20, 2023
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will host free public talks about tracking space debris, fostering education using the...
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A sign at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility at Gakona, Alaska. Photo courtesy HAARP

NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment

Geophysical Institute
December 29, 2022
A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Dec. 27 with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid...
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This image from an animation shows the projected path of the asteroid 2010 XC15 as it passes by Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech image

HAARP to bounce signal off asteroid in NASA experiment

Geophysical Institute
December 21, 2022
An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass...
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Anushree Badola points to her name on the American Geophysical Union talk schedule. Photo by Rod Boyce

AGU research spotlight: Knowing a forest’s makeup is key for firefighting

Geophysical Institute
December 16, 2022
Wildfires are a natural part of the Alaska boreal ecosystem, but a recent increase in the number of fires with high acreage burned raises the...
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