DURHAM, N.C. -- Engineers at Duke University have devised a model that can predict the early mechanical behaviors and origins of an earthquake in multiple types of rock. The model provides new ...

We often talk about climate change, melting glaciers, or strange landforms. But we rarely think about something that’s always around us– rocks. They don’t make the news, but they’re everywhere. We ...

Researchers have uncovered chemical traces of organic life in 3.3 billion year old rocks. The newly developed method, relying ...