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High-pressure synchrotron workshop attracts researchers from around the world

The CDAC Winter Workshop took place on February 27-28 at the Advanced Photon Source.

Upcoming Events

Amy Lazicki: Anomalous optical and electronic properties of dense sodium

July 7, 2009 11:00am

Susan Kieffer: Is Saturn's satellite, Enceladus, an Oasis or an Iceball

July 13, 2009 11:00am

Naomi Levin: Climatic and environmental change in eastern African since the Pliocene: Insights from the oxygen isotopic composition of soils, teeth and water

July 20, 2009 11:00am

Nita Sahai, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

October 26, 2009 11:00am

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Sloan Deep Carbon Cycle Workshop

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Some lectures are now available in iTunes U.

Recent Highlights

Carnegie Wins Grant to Probe Earth’s Deep Carbon

Washington, D.C., 1 July 2009— The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Carnegie Institution a $4 million grant over three years to initiate the Deep Carbon Observatory -- an international, decade-long project to investigate the nature of carbon in Earth's deep interior.

‘Colossal’ magnetic effect under pressure

Argonne, IL, 5 June 2009—Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance effect,” which made it possible to pack more data onto smaller and smaller hard drives.

Carnegie wins DOE Energy Frontier Research Center award

Washington, D.C., 28 April 2009—The Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory has been selected as one of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Did a nickel famine trigger the “Great Oxidation Event”?

Washington, D.C., 8 April 2009—The Earth’s original atmosphere held very little oxygen. This began to change around 2.4 billion years ago when oxygen levels increased dramatically during what scientists call the “Great Oxidation Event.”