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Scientists discover cosmic factory for making building blocks of life
The team from Imperial College London, the University of Kent and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered that when icy comets collide into a planet, amino acids can be produced. These...
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New insights solve 300-year-old problem: the dynamics of the Earth’s core
Scientists at the University of Leeds have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the centre of the Earth spins.
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Schrödinger’s Turtle
Animal-borne instruments provide researchers with valuable data to address important questions on wildlife ecology and conservation. However, these devices have known impacts on animal behaviour and...
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Is there an ocean beneath our feet?
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that deep sea fault zones could transport much larger amounts of water from the Earth’s oceans to the upper mantle than previously thought. January...
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Continents set the pace
The origin and stimulus behind plate tectonics has been simulated with the aid of high-performance computers. A new study sheds light on the role continents play in the formation of oceanic crust....
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New study reveals insights on plate tectonics, the forces behind earthquakes,...
The Earth's outer layer is made up of a series of moving, interacting plates whose motion at the surface generates earthquakes, creates volcanoes and builds mountains. Geoscientists have long sought to...
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Restless rivers
The surface of the earth is covered by a patchwork of river channels. These form the backbone of the landscape, defining boundaries or permitting communication between diverse ecosystems. However,...
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Great challenges in volcanology
How does the volcano factory work? Scientists are asked to describe and understand the complex behavior of natural processes. This is often done in difficult conditions, with instruments detecting...
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