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New research has uncovered a fascinating link between volcanic eruptions and mysterious structures deep within Earth’s interior, challenging long-standing assumptions about the planet’s lower mantle. These structures, known as “BLOBS,” may be the key to understanding some of the most catastrophic volcanic events in Earth’s history. Are Earth’s Deep Secrets Triggering Doomsday Eruptions? Volcanic eruptions can have devastating effects, ranging …

For decades there has been this tantalizing idea being pitched of pulling CO2 out of the air and using the carbon molecules for something more useful, like making plastics. Although this is a fairly simple process, it is also remarkably inefficient. Recently Caltech researchers have managed to boost the efficiency somewhat with a new two-stage process involving electrocatalysis and thermocatalysis …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system. It’s an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero,” scientists reported Wednesday, when new worlds begin to gel. “We’ve captured a direct glimpse of the hot region …

Some of the most familiar atoms in the air above our heads appear to vanish when scientists audit Earth’s interior. Geochemists have spent decades tracing nitrogen’s trail yet always come up billions of tons short. Earth’s rocky shell, the bulk silicate Earth (BSE), holds only one to five parts per million of nitrogen, a tally wildly below the cargo delivered …

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution of species over time, and glimpse snapshots of past environments and climates. Fossils can also reveal the diets or migration patterns of long-gone species – including our own …

When a team of scientists studied a group of olms in a Balkan cave, they were hoping to reveal new information about how these fascinating amphibians behave outside of the lab. They weren’t, however, expecting to find they were mind-blowingly lazy, with some individuals not moving from a single spot for years and years.  Olms are rare, cave-dwelling salamanders native …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. | Credit: NASA Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this discovery contradicts observations of the distant gas giant made by NASA’s …

Researchers have observed the largest ever collision between two massive black holes witnessed by humans, a finding that’s sent astrophysicists back to their calculators to re-think models. Astroboffins spotted the aftereffects of the event on November 23, 2023, when they detected emissions from two huge black holes, each around 100 and 140 times the mass of the Sun, that collided …

Scientists discover microbes than can remove up to 74% of PFAS from the body  Boing Boing Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows | Pfas  The Guardian Bacteria in the gut found to absorb PFAS ‘forever chemicals’  New Atlas Shifts in global cotton supply, demand and trade  Ecotextile News Gut microbes may flush ‘forever chemicals’ from …

Scientists Create the Impossible: New Compound Challenges Fundamental Principle of Chemistry  SciTechDaily Organometallic compound found to break textbook principle  Chemistry World New Compound Challenges Textbook Chemistry Basics  Mirage News Source link