Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

Researchers have discovered an unexpected superconducting transition in extremely thin films of niobium diselenide (NbSe2).

Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan, ROC ...

To assess the differences between the sediment thickness data used in this study and the American Geophysical Data Center’s data, and to validate the former’s accuracy, we incorporated three ...

Last year, scientists created a gold sheet that was a single atom thick, which they dubbed “goldene” after graphene, a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. Such materials have been ...

Taking inspiration from ancient techniques, researchers have forged relatively large sheets of metal that are just atoms thick ... an atomically thin layer of carbon. “This is just a starting ...

What is the Ozone Layer? The ozone layer is a crucial component of Earth's stratosphere, located between 19 and 30 km above the surface. It plays a vital role in filtering harmful ultraviolet (UV ...