The IAEA’s Rays of Hope initiative aims to widen access to life-saving cancer care where it is needed most; by helping low- and middle-income countries establish or expand medical imaging, ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Deep beneath East Africa, scientists have discovered powerful forces at work that could eventually split the continent in two ...

The magma movement beneath the planet’s crust could be the early stages of a new ocean basin formation, which could slowly ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

This slow-motion event is poised to create a new ocean basin, but scientists are discovering that the process is unfolding at an accelerated pace. One of the most striking events occurred in 2005, ...

Researchers in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift reported a deep, rhythmic mantle “pulse” that is slowly tearing Africa apart to form a ...

A steady underground pulse has been discovered beneath East Africa, where researchers believe a new ocean is gradually forming. The rhythmic movement was found in the Afar region of Ethiopia, a ...

Tectonic pulses beneath Africa are splitting the continent apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of Southampton scientists.

Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...