As the best in tennis slide and rally their way through a cold and rainy opening week at the French Open, we take a break from the action to look at the science of clay, the sport’s most peculiar ...

A team of researchers has initiated a deep drilling project underneath a mountain in ...

Since finishing its exploration of spherule-rich stratigraphy at Witch Hazel Hill, Perseverance has been exploring the Krokodillen plateau, a relatively low-lying terrain on the outer slopes of the ...

Clay minerals are a major constituent of the earth's surface and are mainly found in the sediments of lakes, rivers and oceans. The properties of clay and claystone crucially depend on how the tiny ...

Electrochemical reaction-based stimuli-responsive materials are shaping up the era of innovative display devices. By embedding luminescent europium(III) complexes and color-changing viologen ...

Acquiring knowledge is one of the great pleasures of reading nonfiction, an experience that’s only slightly less enjoyable when it’s corrective. Two pages into Jennifer Lucy Allan’s “Clay: A Human ...

New research suggests that the thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars could hold the key to understanding whether the Red Planet ever harbored life. These layers, thought to have formed ...

When CSIRO scientist Clint McNally needs to run experiments on mining excavation waste, instead of trekking to a remote mine site, he drives to his local pottery store. "Some of my experiments rely on ...