Over a period of three months to three years, compounds like calcium, uric acid and bits of organic matter coalesce into the crystallized structure we know as the kidney stone. This formation process, ...

Using advanced computational models, researchers explain how the North China Craton, an ancient and stable geological structure, is falling apart BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cratons are ...

TORONTO, ON - Geoscientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a new process in plate tectonics which shows that tremendous damage occurs to areas ...

Under the Sierra Nevada in California, scientists have observed a rare phenomenon that sheds light on the dynamics of the Earth's crust. The rocks of the lithosphere, denser than the underlying mantle ...

A team of researchers at MIT has now developed a novel approach to producing ammonia without the reliance on traditional ...

Eastern Africa is undergoing a dramatic geological transformation, scientists reveal. A 'geological heartbeat' of molten rock pulses beneath Ethiopia's Afar region, weakening the crust. This process, ...