Noble gas incorporation into silicate glasses: implications for planetary volatile storage
Yang, H., A.E. Gleason,, S.N. Tkachev, B. Chen, R. Jeanloz & W.L. Mao. Noble gas incorporation into silicate glasses: implications for planetary volatile storage. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2105
New research on carbon cracks open secrets deep inside exoplanets
January 27, 2021
Measuring carbon at the highest pressures ever achieved in a laboratory, researchers report first model of carbon structures that may make up planets outside the solar system.
Metastability of diamond ramp-compressed to 2 terapascals
Lazicki, A., D. McGonegle, J. R. Rygg, D. G. Braun, D. C. Swift, M. G. Gorman, R. F. Smith, P. G. Heighway, A. Higginbotham, M. J. Suggit, D. E. Fratanduono,…
A new era in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
January 4, 2021
The search for extraterrestrial life began more than 60 years ago, but “there was never sufficient funding or telescope time available to make a dent in the effort,” writes astrophysicist Adam Frank of the University of Rochester.
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Rochester researchers uncover key clues about the solar system’s history
December 4, 2020
New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and the origin of Earth as a habitable planet.
Equation of State of CO2 Shock Compressed to 1 TPa
Crandall, L. E., J. R. Rygg, D. K. Spaulding, T. R. Boehly, S. Brygoo, P. M. Celliers, J. H. Eggert, D. E. Fratanduono, B. J. Henderson, M. F. Huff, R. Jeanloz, A. Lazicki, M. C. Marshall, D. N. Polsin, M. Zaghoo,…
Eight appointed to named professorships
September 22, 2020
Adam Frank, a professor of physics and astronomy, has been jointly appointed to the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, announced in September 2020.
Experiments replicate high densities in ‘white dwarf’ star remnants
August 16, 2020
Work to understand astrophysical processes of white dwarf stars may offer ideas for creating new materials on Earth.
Rochester leads effort to understand matter at atom-crushing pressures
August 10, 2020
NSF awards $13 million for multi-university initiative to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’
A measurement of the equation of state of carbon envelopes of white dwarfs
Kritcher, A. L., D. C. Swift, T. Döppner, B. Bachmann, L. X. Benedict, G. W. Collins, J. L. DuBois, F. Elsner, G. Fontaine, J. A. Gaffney, S. Hamel, A. Lazicki,…