Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above, eventually making their way up to the surface during the formation of volcanic islands like Hawaii, a new study ...

Deep beneath our feet, far below the crust and mantle, Earth’s metallic heart is not as sealed off as geologists once assumed. New research indicates that gold and other precious metals are slowly ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Precious metals are leaking out of Earth’s core into the mantle, a new study suggests. Scientists identified a particular isotope of ruthenium (Ru) ...

A combined team of geochemists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and California Institute of Technology has found evidence of high levels of helium-3 in rocks on Baffin Island—possible ...

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