Rualdo MenegatThe reasoning for choosing this extreme location was three-fold (protection against earthquakes, a water supply, and readily available building materials), but all resulted from one ...

Photos from Mars have sparked a discussion about mysterious doors on the planet. The material surprised many, as the ...

Dr Sophie O’Connor told the Central Criminal Court that a rock, which showed a “strong similarity” to the alleged murder ...

Scientists detected living microorganisms within a sealed fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock from South Africa, making them possibly the oldest life forms confirmed to date. Researchers from ...

Granitic rock forms at depth, and comprises approximately two-thirds of the Earth's crust. In granites, water flows predominantly along fractures created by tectonic, thermal and erosional events.

A type of stimulation treatment, acidizing is performed below the reservoir fracture pressure in an effort to restore the natural permeability of the reservoir rock. Well acidizing is achieved by ...