University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University scientists have recreated the tremendous pressures and high temperatures deep in the Earth to resolve a long-standing puzzle: why some seismic ...

Researchers have captured the most detailed look yet at how gold’s atomic structure changes under some of the highest pressures ever achieved in a laboratory. The new findings offer rare insight into ...

Gold has a reputation for being one of the most stable, predictable elements in the periodic table, but under crushing pressures and searing temperatures it turns out to be anything but simple. By ...

An assist from a Google artificial intelligence tool has helped scientists discover how the proteins of a heat-loving microbe respond to the crushing conditions of the planet's deepest ocean trenches, ...

Scientists have studied the behavior of gold and platinum at pressures near 1 terapascal (TPa)—a trillion pascals—several times the pressure at Earth’s center (Science 2021, DOI: ...

Examining complex heat transfer processes in detail, even under extreme conditions such as those found in power plants and industrial plants – this is now possible with the COSMOS-H research facility ...

TULSA, Okla. — Here’s a way to beat the heat and showcase a feature of the atmosphere. All you need is a large jug full of water. Director of Education Chip Lindsey with Discovery Lab explains that ...