IN order to obtain long cores from the ocean floor two fundamental difficulties have to be overcome: first, the problem of imparting to the coring tube sufficient energy to embed itself in the ...

A way of measuring well conditions downhole by studying samples of reservoir rocks, core analysis gives the most accurate insight into the porosity and permeability, among other characteristics, of ...

Design and build a device that can take a core sample from a potato "asteroid." Design and build a device that can take a core sample from a potato "asteroid." Design Squad is available to stream on ...

A long lost piece of England’s Stonehenge monument is helping experts understand the mysterious prehistoric structure. Analysis of a core sample taken from one of the site’s massive slabs suggests ...