Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire

by Fahad Sajid | Dec 12, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Kang, K., Whelan, E. M., Bone, S., Rowley, M. C., Marcus, M. A., & Peña, J. (2025). Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire. Environmental Science & Technology....

Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities

by Charlie Smith | Nov 27, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Zhou, Wen-Yi, Ming Hao, Wenhao Su, Taehyun Kim, Sibo Chen, Sang-Heon Shim, Dongzhou Zhang, Phuong QH Nguyen, Katherine Armstrong, and Jin S. Zhang. “Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities.” Science 390, no. 6776 (2025):...

Effect of multiple calcination cycles on CO2 capture efficiency during carbonation of MgO in a mineral looping process

by Charlie Smith | Nov 10, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Tajuelo Rodriguez, E., Anovitz, L.M., Adapa, S., Yuan, Ke, Hensley, D., Chung, D-Y., Boebinger, M.G., Stack, A.G., Weber, J. Effect of multiple calcination cycles on CO2 capture efficiency during carbonation of MgO in a mineral looping process. Sci Rep 15, 39193...

In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine two-phase mixtures: Implications for dynamics and seismic anisotropy in the mantle wedge

by Charlie Smith | Nov 8, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Hurlow, Rose, Wenhao Su, Wen-Yi Zhou, Feng Lin, Lowell Miyagi, Timothy Officer, Tony Yu et al. “In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine two-phase mixtures: Implications for dynamics and seismic anisotropy in the mantle wedge.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 672...

Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions

by Charlie Smith | Oct 29, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Horn, H.W., Vazan, A., Chariton, S. Prakapenka, V., Shim, S-H.,  Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions. Nature 646, 1069–1074 (2025).

High-pressure Cr3+ luminescence and Raman of a natural MgAl2O4 spinel to ∼60 GPa

by Charlie Smith | Oct 28, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Pease, A., D. Sneed, C. Vennari, and E. F. O’Bannon III. “High-pressure Cr3+ luminescence and Raman of a natural MgAl2O4 spinel to∼ 60 GPa.” Journal of Luminescence (2025): 121634.