geology
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It conducts research in geology, biology, engineering and physics, the latter encompassing experiments studying dark matter, astrophysics and neutrinos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
For years the local council was concerned about the geology in the area as the mountain was moving, and later feared a landslide would engulf the village without warning.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Attenborough's lifelong passion for the natural world began as child, and he went on to study geology and zoology at university.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Research into exoplanet geology builds on knowledge gained from studying Earth and other rocky bodies in the Solar System.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
It was soon after this trip that Lyell decided to abandon a career in law and devote himself to geology full-time.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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“We use the same geologies that have kept hydrocarbons underground for millions of years,” said Julia Reichelstein, the company’s cofounder and CEO.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
Reservoirs with high fracture density and connectivity, like the complicated geologies found in real-world settings, could provide even better results, the scientists said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
The researchers fed their maps of building distribution and ground type into a set of models designed to predict how different geologies respond to pressure.
From Scientific American ● May 26, 2023
He hopes the predictive method can be applied to other areas of the world with similar geologies to Pakistan.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2017
Take the mythic cosmogonies of ancient Greece, Scandinavia, and India, and the geologies and astronomies of the present day, and compare their pages, changing things personal into things impersonal.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
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Power Suffix: -ology
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