New tool cuts guesswork about ‘eddy killing’ in oceans
August 19, 2021
University of Rochester scientists provide first direct measure of the phenomenon’s impact on Earth’s oceans.
Adam Frank receives 2021 Carl Sagan Medal for excellence in public communication
August 9, 2021
On-air commentary, popular books, advising for Marvel—the award recognizes the Rochester astrophysicist’s ‘sustained efforts’ to make science broadly accessible.
Scaling of Turbulent Viscosity and Resistivity: Extracting a Scale-dependent Turbulent Magnetic Prandtl Number
Bian, X., J. K. Shang, E. G. Blackman, G. W. Collins & H. Aluie (2021). Scaling of Turbulent Viscosity and Resistivity: Extracting a Scale-dependent Turbulent Magnetic Prandtl Number. The Astrophysical…
Absence of a long-lived lunar paleomagnetosphere
Tarduno, J. A., R. D. Cottrell, K. Lawrence, R. K. Bono, W. Huang, C. L. Johnson, E. G. Blackman, A. V. Smirnov, M. Nakajima, C. R. Neal, T. Zhou, M.…
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…