2+ week, 5+ day ago   (477+ words) Frictional energy piles are a more desirable form of shallow geothermal energy utilization. A pure friction pile condition cannot be achieved in field tests. In this study, foam was placed beneath the model pile tip to weaken the end-bearing resistance....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (472+ words) Quantum gravity sensing could help map underground mineral deposits before costly drilling begins in a 2027 Colorado test. Neutral-atom quantum computing firm Infleqtion plans to test a quantum sensing system in Colorado in 2027 that could help locate critical mineral deposits underground…...

1+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (204+ words) Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called for value addition to beach sand minerals available in Andhra Pradesh and stressed the need to manufacture value-added products within the state to reduce dependence on other countries for rare earth minerals. A delegation…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) Scientists have warned of the global depletion of river sand reserves, saying it is being extracted around the world far faster than natural processes can replenish it, according to a comprehensive review of 411 studies published in Reviews of Geophysics. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (231+ words) The event was attended by students from the Science Education, Environmental Science, and Physics fields at FMIPA UNNES. Participants showed strong enthusiasm during the interactive discussion, which addressed various global environmental issues, including heavy metal pollution, sediment dynamics, and the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (591+ words) New research from the Adelaide University is offering a fresh geological lens for locating rare earth elements. Research from the Adelaide University suggests the key to unlocking rare earth element (REE) deposits lies not in recent surface geology, but in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (320+ words) By linking magma chemistry to the thickness of Earth’s rigid outer shell, scientists have developed a new way to narrow the search for rocks that may host valuable rare earth elements. Study: The global distribution of CO2-rich magmas is determined…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (353+ words) Geological mapping remains one of the mining industry’s most important tools, underpinning everything from mineral exploration and resource development to environmental planning and hazard assessment. A recent paper published in Nature Geoscience by researchers from Australia, Europe and the United…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (959+ words) The weirdest volcano in the world may be Tanzania’s towering Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active peak that squeezes out a strange, low-temperature lava called carbonatite. Carbonatites are composed of more than 50% carbonate minerals, the same substances that form the ocean’s…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (225+ words) Western defense secretaries and technology executives should keep a map pinned above their desks. It would show the global distribution of rare earth deposits, the 17 elements that make electric vehicles run, wind turbines spin, fighter-jet guidance systems lock onto their…...