Latest News for: volcanic rocks

Edit

Roman ruins inspire scientists to create cement from volcanic rock, no kiln required

Interesting Engineering 24 Jul 2025
Vanorio’s lab has found a way to turn crushed volcanic rocks into a new type of cement that naturally grows tiny fibers inside—similar to how rocks form in nature.
Edit

Australian scientists trial volcanic rock for sustainable farming

Xinhua 14 Jul 2025
Crushed basalt, an abundant and low-cost volcanic rock byproduct from mining and construction, could save Australian farmers a large ... Australian scientists trial volcanic rock for sustainable farming.
Edit

Tackling a $1.2 billion problem for Australian farmers using dirt-cheap crushed volcanic rock

Phys Dot Org 14 Jul 2025
Cheap volcanic rock that languishes in open-cut mines and quarries could transform Australia's farming sector as a natural fertilizer, boosting crop yields and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Edit

Hawaii’s volcanic rocks offer proof that Earth’s core is leaking gold, study finds

CNN 30 May 2025
Hunting for precious metals from Earth’s core To find evidence of this core-mantle interaction, Messling and his coauthors obtained some samples of Hawaiian volcanic rocks form the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
Edit

Scientists ‘strike gold’ in shocking discovery from Hawaiian volcanic rocks

Virtual Jerusalem 27 May 2025
... literally “struck gold” in recent findings from volcanic rocks.
Edit

Volcanic Rocks Reveal How Gold Reaches Earth’s Surface

Forbes 23 May 2025
A new study suggests that some of the gold and other precious metals found on the surface may have come from Earth’s core ... .
Edit

Hawaiian volcanic rocks reveal Earth's core contains vast hidden gold reserves

Phys Dot Org 22 May 2025
More than 99.999% of Earth's stores of gold and other precious metals lie ...
  • 1
×