Our speaker will be Dr. Riccardo Bolis, Postdoctoral Researcher, CRNS, PIMM Laboratory, ENSAM, Paris, and his talk is entitled “Laser shock compression studies of MgO-SiO2 systems at high pressures.” Olin Hall 247 at 4:30 PM. Read the full abstract here: PDF Document:
News & Announcements Archive
Our first group meeting on August 22nd.
August 30, 2018
Welcome back everyone! We met on August 22nd for the first time this semester. Stay tuned for more updates from our group as the semester progresses!
Don’t miss our first Mineralogy Lecture Series Talk on September 5th.
August 30, 2018
The speaker will be William F. McDonough, Professor, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, and the title of his talk is “Solar system initiation and its early, rapid growth and differentiation of planets.” Olin Hall 305, 4:30 PM
Earth and Planetary Sciences’ Bromery Lecture on September 6th.
August 29, 2018
June Wicks will present a lecture titled, “MgO – The Simplest Oxide,” Thursday, September 6, Olin Hall 305 at noon. For more information, read the abstract or read the book chapter that inspired the lecture.
FALL MINERALOGY LECTURE SERIES HOSTED BY WICKS LAB
July 31, 2018
UPCOMING FALL 2018 LECTURE SERIES IN MINERALOGY
Want to make a super-earth? Bring on the frikking lasers
April 27, 2018
A team of physicists have attempted to recreate the internal conditions of a ‘super-Earth’ planet in a lab, by shooting laser beams at iron samples. Super-Earths are a type of exoplanet. They have a higher mass than Earth, but are not as massive as Uranus and Neptune. The giants are about 15 and 17 times the mass of Earth.
Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments shed light on super-Earth cores
April 25, 2018
Using high-powered laser beams, researchers have simulated conditions inside a planet three times as large as Earth.