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Deep mantle chemistry surprise: Carbon content not uniform
Olivine crystals containing melt inclusions (the dark spots on the interiors) sampled from the Mariana arc. These crystals were not part of this study,...
Scientists shed light on carbon’s descent into the deep Earth
Valerio Cerantola, corresponding author and postdoctoral scientist at the ESRF, at ESRF ID27 high pressure beamline.Credit: ESRF
Examining conditions within the Earth's interior is crucial...
When water met iron deep inside the Earth, did it create conditions for life?
An illustration from the paper showing oxygen and hydrogen cycling in the deep Earth.
Credit: Image courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science
Reservoirs of oxygen-rich iron...
Potential new autism drug shows promise in mice
Researchers are hopeful that a new drug may be able to restore an electrical signaling imbalance in the brain found in virtually all forms...
Scientists create yellow, three-eyed, wingless mosquitoes by using gene editing tool
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of genes associated with cuticle pigment caused mosquitoes to turn from black to yellow, and disruption of genes associated with eye pigment...
Climate change: Silver fir beats Norway spruce and European beech
Young Norway spruces (Picea abies) from several populations in the nursery near Matzendorf in the Canton of Solothurn. The different heights of trees from...
Cold mountain streams offer climate refuge: Future holds hope for biodiversity
This is a bull trout, a popular fish species of conservation concern, that find shelter in mountain stream climate refugia.Credit: Bart Gamett, U.S. Forest...
Reconsider the impact of trees on water cycles and climate, scientists say
The global conversation on trees, forests and climate needs to be turned on its head, say scientists, because the direct effects of trees on...
15,000 scientists in 184 countries warn about negative global environmental trends
Planet Earth, photographed Dec. 7, 1972, during the Apollo 17 mission.
Credit: NASA
Human well-being will be severely jeopardized by negative trends in some types of...
Interstellar mystery solved by supercomputer simulations
Spiral structure emerges in Feedback in Realistic Environments (FIRE) simulation, which modeled stellar feedback on galaxy formation.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of Texas at...
Assembly of galaxies in the early universe witnessed for the first time
This view is a combination of images from ALMA and the Very Large Telescope. The central object is a very distant galaxy, labelled BDF...
