A team of researchers, including scientists from the University of Leeds, has discovered a new type of basalt while drilling into the Pacific Ocean floor. The discovery of the new variety of basalt ...

I am a 12-year Basalt resident. I worked for the U.S. Forest Service years ago and lived in affordable housing (a rundown converted garage). I left the Roaring Fork Valley because it was obvious that ...

A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean. A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic ...

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The construction sector has become the most critical source of carbon emissions, but the existing thermal insulation materials such as thermal insulation mortar have obvious limitations, so it is ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. There ...

Weathered rock: columnar basalt at Cape Stolbchaty in Russia. The volcanic rock could be used to soak-up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Courtesy: Ekaterina Vasyagina/CC BY-SA 4.0) Sprinkling ...

From 9th-century Norse pagans to 21st-century followers of Björk’s pagan poetry, adventurous types have long flocked to Iceland. The terrain is a destination all its own—expanses of nubby, black lava ...

This article presents the characteristics of basalt-based materials, their possibilities and their prospects for widespread application in the automotive industry, including for the production of ...

A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean. An international team of researchers including the University of Leeds ...

An international team of researchers unearthed the previously unknown form of basalt after drilling through the Pacific ocean floor. Peridotite is composed mostly of greenish magnesium-iron-silicate ...