In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

This would explain the similarity in the composition of the Earth and the Moon," Professor Andreas Pack, Managing Director of Gottingen University's Geoscience Centre and Head of the Geochemistry and ...

The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein ...

Understanding whether lakes are fed predominantly by groundwater or rainwater is critical to managing our water resources in the face of droughts and shortages, new research has found.

TEHRAN - A study by an international team has revealed that pre-agricultural communities at the Early Neolithic site of Asiab ...

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) was a major turning point when oxygen began to build up in Earth’s atmosphere and surface ...

Scientists have developed tiny nanocrystal particles made up of isotopes of the elements lanthanum, vanadium, and oxygen.

An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model.Image credit: Adapted from Zhao, ...

Ancient limestones reveal how volcanic carbon once suffocated the oceans - offering a stark warning as modern oxygen levels ...

Teeth can tell a life’s story, even when they’re 150 million years old. One of the new frontiers in paleontological research ...

Fusulines thrived in cold seas but vanished twice when warming from volcanoes rapidly spiked ocean carbon levels.