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Huge tsunami hit today’s Oman 1,000 years ago
Quartz crystals in the rock help to date the event with waves of up to 15 meters
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Why the corona of the Sun is a few million degrees hot, yet the layers closer to the core only have a few thousand degrees
Jet-like plasma structures („spicules“) are created by changes in the magnetic fields and hurl energy outward
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A deep cut in the ground clad with red walls is a land-art project by Japanese artist Yoshihiro Mikami
(Christmas-)Gifts 2019 for people who adore natural stone
Like in the years before, Stone-Ideas.com’s editors have collected some inspirations for presents from the wide culture of marble, granite & Co
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„The Whale“ is the name of a new tourist information center to be built on the island of Andøya, 300 km North of the Arctic Circle. Its roof is covered with local stone
Exceptional fossils may need a breath of oxygen to form
Research led by The University of Texas at Austin brings new understanding about „Konservat-lagerstätten“
Do tectonic plates move because of movement in the Earth’s mantle, or is the mantle driven by the movement of the plates?
International scientists: its both forces at different parts of the planet’s surface and this balance of forces changes over geological time
Strong winter dust storms (shamals) with droughts may have caused the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
Fossil coral records provide new facts why the ancient state in Mesopotamia suddenly collapsed and was taken over by invaders
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The Philippines’ national mapping agency (Namria) has announced that there are more than 500 new islands in the country as a result of new high-resolution radar data
New understanding why mother-of-pearl is so hard and so resilient
Researchers at the University of Michigan show that nacre’s inner structure deforms under pressure and than springs back to normal
Group behavior occurred already among the first animals as it helped them to survive environmental stress
An international team of researchers analyzed fossils of trilobites which lived about 480 million years ago
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South African Designer Ronel Jordaan’s objects echo organic forms and textures like her pebbles made of Merino Wool
Machu Picchu: ancient Incan sanctuary intentionally built on an underlying network of tectonic faults and fractures
In these zones, building stone was easily available and water was chanelled through them, Brazilian geologist says
Stone slurry gives flexibility to a polymer matrix composite, researchers from University of British Columbia discovered
Adding the stone waste not only increased the material’s strength, but but also its conductivity
NSI reacts to reports about the threat of silicosis resulting from working Engineered Stone
For natural stone companies, the institute’s Safety Committee has released a comprehensive set of information and training for self-protection