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  • Undergrads’ physics research drills deep into fracking-induced quakes

    Undergrads’ physics research drills deep into fracking-induced quakes

    Two undergraduates majoring in physics at Clark University are working with their professor, Arshad Kudrolli, to fine-tune a mathematical model that captures the development of erosion underground. Their research, part of a summer LEEP project, eventually could help scientists better understand the effects of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and other cases where fluids carve out channels and destabilize the…