Sub-Saharan Africa could split up in a few million years, and scientists believe they might be witnessing the early stages of ...

Scientists from the University of Oxford have published a study in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science showing that the ...

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

Plate tectonics are the quiet force behind Earth's long story, moving continents and shaping mountains. This video shows how ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

Automated plate readers are a core component of modern laboratory automation, enabling high-throughput and reproducible data acquisition across assay workflows. As demand for scalable screening ...

New research from Adelaide University has revealed that geological processes dating back billions of years are critical to locating the rare earth elements needed for modern technologies and the ...

The Earth’s crust is constantly changing. It’s currently made of many huge rock slabs called tectonic plates—seven major ones along with many more smaller plates—that fit together like puzzle pieces ...

The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered the ...

The arid hills of Western Australia’s Pilbara region contain the earliest evidence yet of tectonic plates sliding across Earth’s surface. Tiny magnetic crystals locked in the bedrock recorded the ...