The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

Unveiling extraordinary discoveries beneath the Earth's surface: scientists challenge conventional theories with new findings ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...

Hidden deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have uncovered anomalies in the Earth’s mantle that defy existing ...

"We don't know exactly what they are or what material is creating the patterns we have uncovered," researcher Thomas Schouten said.

induces mantle convection and, subsequently, drives plate tectonics. Uranium is the naturally occurring element with the highest atomic number. Its discovery in 1789 in the mineral pitchblende (or ...

plate tectonics, volcanism, mantle convection, gravitation, glacial flow, and sea-level change. We will work on timescales ranging from seconds appropriate for landslides to billions of years for ...

Part 2 of our Line Life Podcast series featuring Peter Fuhr explores the drone research underway at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The second part of our audio story series narrated from the final ...