a solid ball of metal. At least, that is what scientists thought. New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience found that the core's shape has shifted during the past 20 years.

Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded by a liquid metal ... changes taking place over the past 20 years in the shape of the inner core. Signs of the core’s ...

This time, a group of scientists managed to create a shape-shifting liquid metal that can transition between the solid and liquid state. The new liquid is reminiscent of the liquid shapeshifting ...

The shape of an antenna’s front end dictates many of its operating parameters. Once it’s manufactured, those characteristics are locked in. A shape-changing ... to heat the metal of the ...

Researchers from Imperial College London, working with the company MakeSense Technology and the charity Bravo Victor, have developed a shape-changing device called "Shape" that helps people with ...

(CNN) — Scientists who just months ago confirmed that Earth’s inner core recently reversed its spin have a new revelation about our planet’s deepest secrets — they identified changes to the inner core ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earth’s inner core, a solid metal ball gyrating within the molten outer core, may be both slowing down and changing shape. Recent analyses of earthquake waves have suggested ...