Melting of magnesium oxide up to two terapascals using double-shock compression
Hansen, L. E., D. E. Fratanduono, S. Zhang, D. G. Hicks, T. Suer, Z. K. Sprowal, M. F. Huff, X. Gong, B. J. Henderson, D. N. Polsin, M. Zaghoo, S.…
High-pressure phase diagram of beryllium from ab initio free-energy calculations
Wu, J., F. González-Cataldo & B. Militzer (2021). High-pressure phase diagram of beryllium from ab initio free-energy calculations. Physical Review B, 104, 014103. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.014103
Scale of oceanic eddy killing by wind from global satellite observations
Rai, S., M. Hecht, M. Maltrud & H. Aluie (2021). Scale of oceanic eddy killing by wind from global satellite observations. Science Advances, 7(28). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf4920
Bethany Chidester awarded Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory
July 1, 2021
Bethany Chidester of UC Davis was awarded a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory, effective July 1, 2021.
Melting of Tantalum at Multimegabar Pressures on the Nanosecond Timescale
Kraus, R. G., F. Coppari, D. E. Fratanduono, R. F. Smith, A. Lazicki, C. Wehrenberg, J. H. Eggert, J. R. Rygg & G. W. Collins (2021). Melting of Tantalum at…
Eva Zurek awarded 2021 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship
June 2021
Eva Zurek was awarded The State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 2021. The award recognizes Eva’s sustained scholarship and significant, pioneering contributions in computational chemistry.
Deformation of binary and boron-doped Ni3Al alloys at high pressures studied with synchrotron x-ray diffraction
Raju, S. V., R. N. Vasin, B. K. Godwal, R. Jeanloz, H.-R. Wenk & S. K. Saxena (2021). Deformation of binary and boron-doped Ni3Al alloys at high pressures studied with…
Calibrating experiments at atom-crushing pressures
Jeanloz, R. (2022). Calibrating experiments at atom-crushing pressures, 372, 6546. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abi8015
Scaling laws for the geometry of an impact-induced magma ocean
Nakajima, M., G. J. Golabek, K. Wünnemann, D. C. Rubie, C. Burger, H. J. Melosh, S. A. Jacobson, L. Manske & S. D. Hull (2021). Scaling Laws for the Geometry…
Rochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system
June 1, 2021
New research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics provides clues to the evolution of the solar system.