To understand how water affects subduction of the oceanic plate, in which layers of different rock types sink into the mantle, the UO team studied hydrogen isotopes in water contained in tiny blobs of glass trapped in olivine crystals in basalt. (sciencedaily.com)
When the researchers recalibrated the display screen, though, they could see tiny blobs of neural action in brain regions specialized for speech. (discovermagazine.com)
Tiny blobs of material trapped inside large, clear diamonds (such as this one) as they formed suggest the gems formed within pockets of liquid metal deep within Earth. (sciencemag.org)