Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby ...

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Officials said it will take several weeks and about 6,000 cubic yards of soil to build the foundation for the 1-acre wildlife ...

Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.

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Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

In the study, SMU researchers present new glacial erosion rates estimated from sediment accumulations in Lago Argentino, ...

Learn how mining and oil drilling impact Wyoming’s soil, including its effect on local ecosystems, and explore sustainable ...

Venus, however, is a different story. Its crust is thicker—anywhere from 30 to 90 kilometers—and its surface is extremely hot ...

Scientists have revived 7,000-year-old algae from Baltic Sea sediments, pushing the limits of resurrection ecology.

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Construction crews began placing the first layers of soil over the surface of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the Ventura (101) Freeway Monday. Beginning at 7 a.m., crews began installing ...