Archive for May 27th, 2013

Earth’s Iron Core Is Surprisingly Weak

Researchers have used a diamond anvil cell to squeeze iron at pressures as high as 3 million times that felt at sea level to recreate conditions at the center of Earth. The findings could refine theories of how the planet and its core evolved. Through laboratory experiments, postdoctoral researcher Arianna Gleason, left, and Wendy Mao, […]