Arizona State University
Scientists found a distinct, thin layer above Earth’s core
Earth's surface water dives deep, transforming core's outer layer.
A novel DNA nano-engine
The researchers are now planning to fit it with a coupling and install it as a drive in complex nanomachines.
Women STEM instructors encourage undergraduates to conceal stigmatized identities
Women working as STEM instructors are more likely than men to disclose their undergraduate identities.
Measuring and mapping the abundance of chromium across Mercury’s surface
This is the first time that chromium has been directly detected and mapped across any planetary surface.
Scientists unveiled global observations of carbon dioxide aurora
Scientists unveiled global observations of aurora associated with carbon dioxide using satellite measurements.
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution
Europa’s seafloor may be cool and hydrated, and may experience limited, if any, seafloor volcanism.
There could be rising silicon-rich snow in the Earth’s outer core
The silicon-rich snow can develop into greater depths with further secular cooling of Earth.
Potential ‘diamond factory’ may have existed at the core-mantle boundary for billions of years
Diamonds and rust at the Earth's core-mantle boundary.
Water in International Space Station is full of bacteria
Safeguarding clean water for spaceflight missions.
Volcanic eruptions might have created the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere
Volcanic eruptions may have spurred the first ‘whiffs’ of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere.
Study offers detailed insights into the chemistry of deep water layers on Neptune and Uranus
The findings provide clues to the composition of oceans on water-rich exoplanets outside our solar system.
Remnants of the impact that formed the Moon may be buried deep within the Earth
They can be found in two continent-size layers of rock buried deep in Earth’s mantle.
Scientists determined the origin of interstellar object Oumuamua
The study set out to explain the odd features of ‘Oumuamua.