Detecting the Unseen: Understanding the Mechanisms and Working Principles of Earthquake Sensors.

The application of movement-detection sensors is crucial for understanding surface movement and tectonic activities. The development of modern sensors has been instrumental in earthquake monitoring, prediction, early warning, emergency commanding and communication, search and rescue, and life detection. There are numerous sensors currently being utilized in earthquake engineering and science.

Effects of fermentation time on the bioactive constituents of , a traditional fermented food of Nepal.

is a traditional food prepared by the natural fermentation of cooked soybeans. The fermented is known to have several bioactive constituents, however, only limited reports on the effect of fermentation time on the bioactivity of are available. Therefore, in this work, changes in phenolics content and radical scavenging activity of at different fermentation times were explored.

Glacial lake outburst floods as drivers of fluvial erosion in the Himalaya.

Himalayan rivers are frequently hit by catastrophic floods that are caused by the failure of glacial lake and landslide dams; however, the dynamics and long-term impacts of such floods remain poorly understood. We present a comprehensive set of observations that capture the July 2016 glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the Bhotekoshi/Sunkoshi River of Nepal. Seismic records of the flood provide new insights into GLOF mechanics and their ability to mobilize large boulders that otherwise prevent channel erosion.

Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya.

Geomorphic footprints of past large Himalayan earthquakes are elusive, although they are urgently needed for gauging and predicting recovery times of seismically perturbed mountain landscapes. We present evidence of catastrophic valley infill following at least three medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Radiocarbon dates from peat beds, plant macrofossils, and humic silts in fine-grained tributary sediments near Pokhara, Nepal's second-largest city, match the timing of nearby M > 8 earthquakes in ~1100, 1255, and 1344 C.