Lithospheric oddities may be sculpting continental interiors
Interactions between neighboring tectonic plates can push parts of Earth's surface up or down to form notable features, such as the Andes and the Himalayas. The forces that sculpt the Earth's surface far from plate edges are less well understood. For.....»»
"Quordle" today: Here are the answers and hints for September 16
When you do every Quordle, perhaps a "normal" day doesn't exist. A "normal" puzzle would have no double letters, no unusual letters, and no other oddities — but Friday is not one of those days, and maybe they simply don't exist. There's somethi.....»»
SEA roundup: Continental to deepen advanced technology cooperation in Singapore
Germany-based Continental is expanding its AI and big data analytics cooperation with Singaporean partners. Singapore is wooing talent with a new visa scheme in an era when Southeast Asia is facing a talent shortage......»»
Ford, GM, Rivian issue safety recalls affecting nearly 400,000 U.S. vehicles
The largest of the recalls covers more than 277,000 Ford Super Duty models and Lincoln Continental luxury sedans from the 2017-20 model years......»»
Sleeping giant could end deep ocean life
A previously overlooked factor—the position of continents—helps fill Earth's oceans with life-supporting oxygen. Continental movement could ultimately have the opposite effect, killing most deep ocean creatures......»»
A simple way of sculpting matter into complex shapes
A new method for shaping matter into complex shapes, with the use of 'twisted' light, has been demonstrated in research at the University of Strathclyde......»»
Climate patterns thousands of miles away affect US bird migration
Every spring, migratory birds arrive in the continental United States from south and central America to breed. But precisely when they arrive each spring varies from year to year. In a NASA-led study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorol.....»»
Earth"s crust has been "dripping" beneath Andes Mountains for millions of years
Just like honey slowly dripping from a spoon, parts of the rocky outermost layer of Earth's shell are continuously sinking into the more fluid layer of the planet's mantle over the course of millions of years. Known as lithospheric dripping—named f.....»»
Netflix will host Johnny Depp"s movie return
The actor will head to continental Europe this summer.....»»
Netflix looks set to finance Johnny Depp"s movie return
The actor will head to continental Europe this summer.....»»
Mid-depth waters off the United States East Coast are getting saltier
A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows a significant increase in frequency of warm saltwater intrusions from the deep ocean to the continental shelf along the Middle Atlantic Bight, which extends from the Gulf of Maine t.....»»
Breaking the strongest chemical bonds with laser shock compression
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists recently obtained high-precision thermodynamic data on warm dense nitrogen at extreme conditions that could lead to a better understanding of the interiors of celestial objects like white dwarf.....»»
Supplier Toyota Boshoku sees quadrupling of sales through self-driving pod car interiors
Toyota Boshoku, the automaker's main seating and interior supplier, is answering the call for future robotaxis and drone delivery docks......»»
Tectonics of convergent plate margins: New insights into continental geology
A study led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China focused on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of recent advances in the fields of geology, geochemistry, geophys.....»»
New mapping technology to discover Earth"s resources
For years, scientists have tried to understand the structure of the Earth. One of these scientists is University of Twente geophysicist Dr. Juan Carlos Afonso (Faculty of ITC). He has recently developed a new method to analyze the Earth's continental.....»»
Researchers discover Archean continental rocks at the Southwest Indian Ridge
In between Earth's rigid tectonic plates above and its convecting mantle below is a hot and soft layer known as the asthenosphere. At mid-ocean ridges, upwelling of the hot asthenosphere to the surface of the seafloor forms new ocean crust......»»
New laser breakthrough to help understanding of gravitational waves
Gravitational wave scientists from The University of Western Australia have led the development of a new laser mode sensor with unprecedented precision that will be used to probe the interiors of neutron stars and test fundamental limits of general r.....»»
Tungsten isotopes in seawater provide insights into the co-evolution of Earth"s mantle and continents
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, Andrea Mundl-Petermeier and Sebastian Viehmann of the Department of Lithospheric Research at the University of Vienna have demonstrated that a new geochemical archive—182Tungsten in banded.....»»
Skeletal remains in Bronze Age Orkney cemetery suggest large influx of women from continental Europe
A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Huddersfield in England reports evidence suggesting that large numbers of women from the European continent migrated to the Orkney Islands during the Bronze Age. In their paper published in the.....»»
Designers used e-scooters tossed in rivers to make furniture, proving junk can find purpose
See what this design studio did with scooters salvaged from the canals of Malmö in Sweden. The canals of Malmö, Sweden, hold all kinds of oddities. Like many urban waterways, they are strewn with discarded shopping carts, bikes, and dead el.....»»
Hot springs reveal where continental plates collide beneath Tibet
In the classic example of mountain-building, the Indian and Asian continental plates crashed—and continue colliding today—to form the world's largest and highest geologic structures: the Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau......»»