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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
Complex movement of tectonic plates decoded at the submarine Havre Trough north of New Zealand
Scientists from New Zealand and Germany gather insights into the southwest Pacific submarine volcanism which is part of the ocean’s Ring of Fire
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Toscana Endurance Lifestyle 2019 will be adorned by stone sculptures provided by Italian Henraux company
What drives plate tectonics and thus controls phaenomena from volconoes to ocean and atmospheric circulations?
Chinese scientists found „switches“ between continental rupture, continental collision, and oceanic subduction initiation in the Tethyan evolution
The Natural Stone Sustainability Standard (ANSI/NSC 373) has been updated
The changes address issues such as water, site management, land reclamation, as well as corporate governance, among others
Geochemists measure new composition of Earth’s mantle
Researchers suspect greater dynamics than previously assumed between the Earth’s surface and its mantle / Study published in „Nature Geoscience“
WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia: Quan Zheng is the winner of the gold medal in the stonemasons’ category
Silver went to Sebastian Rudolf Wienerroither, Austria, Bronze to Allan Bontemps, France
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Marvelous little things for everyday usage made of marble are produced by Apuana Corporate, a network of designers and stone companies from the Carrara region