Magma

• Highlights include the Active Pursuits collection, the brand's first nongendered apparel assortment for adults.
• Additionally, REI Co-op shared plans for its in-house brand to move beyond a gender-specific designation where it makes sense.
• "We believe that everyone has a right to feel comfortable while enjoying the outdoors," says Isabelle Portilla, vice president of REI Co-op brands.
• REI Co-op's spring 2024 collection is available in REI stores and on REI.com now.

• As an extension of prior years' collaborations Oxygen Esports and GamerTech are thrilled to commercially launch co-branded performance wear, including the Magma Glove, which uses intelligent thermotherapy to decrease warm-up time and reduce wear during extended gaming sessions, resulting in increased performance.
• "We are honored to continue our work with GamerTech for a fourth straight year," said Adam Morrison, Chief Operating Officer of Oxygen Esports.
• As GamerTech enters their exciting next phase of growth, we look forward to supporting the launch of their innovative Magma Glove and other performance wear in 2024.
• "We are thrilled to finally introduce the Magma glove to the gaming and esports community worldwide," said Amila Pathirana, Co-Founder of GamerTech.

• It may even provide clues to where is best to go looking for them.
• Diamonds, being the hardest naturally-occurring stones, require intense pressures and temperatures to form.
• So how do they get from deep within the Earth, up to the surface?

Supercontinent cycles

• Most geologists agree that the explosive eruptions that unleash diamonds happen in sync with the supercontinent cycle: a recurring pattern of landmass formation and fragmentation that has defined billions of years of Earth’s history.
• The other theory involves mantle plumes, colossal upwellings of molten rock from the core-mantle boundary, located about 2,900km beneath the Earth’s surface.
• In addition, many kimberlites don’t display the chemical “flavours” we’d expect to find in rocks derived from mantle plumes.
• In contrast, kimberlite formation is thought to involve exceedingly low degrees of mantle rock melting, often less than 1%.

Domino effect

• We propose that a domino effect can explain how breakup of the continents eventually leads to formation of kimberlite magma.
• During rifting, a small region of the continental root – areas of thick rock located under some continents – is disrupted and sinks into the underlying mantle.
• Here, we get sinking of colder material and upwelling of hot mantle, causing a process called edge-driven convection.

Finding new diamond deposits

• On the contrary, the breakup of tectonic plates may or may not result from the warming, thinning and weakening of the plate caused by plumes.
• The processes triggering the eruptions that bring diamonds to the surface appear to be highly systematic.
• This information could be used to identify the possible locations and timings of past volcanic eruptions tied to this process, offering insights that could enable the discovery of diamond deposits and other rare elements needed for the green energy transition.

• ("Amboss"), a pioneering data analytics company for the Bitcoin Lightning Network, announced today it raised $4 million in Seed funding from Stillmark, a leading Bitcoin-native VC.
• With over 17,000 payment provider nodes, the Lightning Network provides a decentralized alternative to traditional payment networks, yet this emerging, peer-to-peer financial system is becoming more complex.
• Jesse Shrader, co-founder and CEO of Amboss, remarked, "The data analytics platform we've built with Amboss showcases the many advantages of the Lightning Network as a community-controlled financial system.
• As the Lightning Network disrupts traditional payment methods, Amboss' contributions in optimizing routing and offering innovative solutions are accelerating a counter-cyclical financial revolution.