New experiments suggest Earth's core contains up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen

Scientists have long known that Earth's core is mostly made of iron, but the density is not high enough for it to be pure ...
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Advancing Earth System Models through Wood Density Research

What can tree wood density teach us about changes in the environment? This is what a recent study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences hopes to address as a team of researchers from the ...
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Record-Breaking Super-Earth Has The Density of Lead, Scientists Say

Astronomers have discovered a hefty new Super-Earth that's as dense as lead. This rocky world might just be the leftover core of a gas giant that flew too close to its sun. Meet K2-360 b, an exoplanet ...
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On Improving Density Functional Theory Predictions for Rare-Earth Materials

INTRODUCTION: Density functional theory (DFT) is a widely used method for calculating the electronic properties of materials. The method is based on the idea of approximating the many-electron wave ...