If you’ve been to beaches around Britain, you’ve probably noticed some have lovely soft sand, while others are just covered [ ...

Rare earths aren’t rare in the earth’s crust; what’s rare is the capability to separate and refine them efficiently. The ...

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Thomas Condon was born on March 3, 1822, in County Cork, Ireland. He immigrated to New York with his parents when he was 11 ...

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Alfred University Assistant Professor of Geology Kristian Olson met undergraduate Piper Moore in his Structural Geology class ...

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

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An international team of scientists and students, led by the Arctic University of Norway, and including chemists and ...

In the summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin.  The goal of the project is to obtain high-resolution data on ...