Experimental observation of open structures in elemental magnesium at terapascal pressures
Gorman, M. G., S. Elatresh, A. Lazicki, M. M. E. Cormier, S. Bonev, D. McGonegle, R. Briggs, A. L. Coleman, S. D. Rothman, L. Peacock, J. Bernier, F. Coppari, D..…
How do magnetic fields affect star formation and high-energy-density lab experiments?
September 19, 2022
The famous Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebulae—a star nursery—are believed to result from the hydrodynamic instabilities that form when plasmas are exposed to high intensity light from neighboring stars.
Rochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
September 15, 2022
For the first time University of Rochester researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers. In the process, they and their collaborators have discovered that the most energetic is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, some 9,000 kilometers in diameter.
What does it take to become a scientist, part 2?
September 12, 2022
This is the second of a series of conversations on WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson about what it means to be a scientist. Our guests describe what it’s like to be new CMAP graduate students.
Global energy spectrum of the general oceanic circulation
Storer, B.A., M. Buzzicotti, H. Khatri, S. M. Griffies, H. Aluie. Global energy spectrum of the general oceanic circulation. Nat Commun 13, 5314 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33031-3
Shocked silica aerogel radiance transition
Henderson, B. J., J. R. Rygg, M. C. Marshall, M. K. Ginnane, L. E. Hansen, E. Davies, P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins (2022). Shocked silica aerogel radiance transition, 132…
“This giant laser can simulate a planet’s core”
August 26, 2022
How do you study the innards of alien worlds? You just need the world’s largest laser. Produced with Vox Media and science reporter Adam Cole, this piece examines how CMAP researchers design laser experiments at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and National Ignition Facility to recreate the interiors of planets and stars and create revolutionary states of matter.
Hussein Aluie recognized with the 2021 Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES)
July 2022
Hussein Aluie, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester and staff scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, has been recognized with the 2021 Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), an American Geophysical Union journal.
Machine learning pinpoints when matter changes under extreme conditions
July 28, 2022
The phase changes that materials undergo during experiments at extreme conditions can shed light on the formation and composition of exoplanets and other celestial bodies, including the inner core of Earth. University of Rochester researchers are helping develop automated deep-learning computer vision techniques to expedite the analysis of the trillions of bytes of data generated by these experiments.
Electron density change across the pressure-induced iron spin transition
Diamond, M.R., G. Shen , D. Y. Popov, C. Park , S. D. Jacobsen, R. Jeanloz (2022). Electron density change across the pressure-induced iron spin transition, 129 (2), 025701. Physical…