The Earth’s inner core, a solid sphere predominantly composed of iron and nickel, occupies a central role in our planet’s evolution and geodynamo processes. Although hidden beneath thousands of ...
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain. The more severe the clumping, the more advanced the disease is.
The core structure is more like Earth's and therefore more likely to have produced a dynamo at some point. On Earth, it is the thermal (heat) changes between the solid inner core, the liquid layer, ...
UKSA Mars Science Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from Nasa’s Insight mission suggest ...