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Mantle waves buoy continents upward and bedeck them with diamonds

Mantle waves buoy continents upward and bedeck them with diamonds

Waves in the underlying layer known as the mantle can scour off the keels of continents, buoying their surfaces upward to form prominent landforms far from any active plate boundaries, researchers propose in the Aug. 8 Nature.


This 3-D printer can fit in the palm of your hand

This 3-D printer can fit in the palm of your hand

A new 3-D printer that’s mere millimeters in size could offer a new way to produce customizable objects, scientists report June 6 in Light: Science & Applications.