Magma sources, crustal storage depths, and degassing of alkalic, CO2-rich magmas at Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira Volcanoes, Democratic Republic of the Congo

by Christofanis Skordas | Jun 5, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Connors, Lissie, Paul J. Wallace, Kenneth WW Sims, D. Matthew Sublett Jr, and Robert J. Bodnar. “Magma sources, crustal storage depths, and degassing of alkalic, CO2-rich magmas at Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira Volcanoes, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Earth and...

Atomistic mechanism of Al substitution effects on the post-stishovite transition by high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction 

by Christofanis Skordas | Jun 1, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Zhang, Yanyao, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Takuo Okuchi, and Jung-Fu Lin. “Atomistic mechanism of Al substitution effects on the post-stishovite transition by high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction.” American Mineralogist 110, no. 6 (2025):...

Contrasting land-uses affect chemical composition of organic matter in tropical soils: A case study via osmium staining and infrared spectroscopy

by Christofanis Skordas | Jun 1, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Dor, Maoz, Ricardo de Oliveira Bordonal, Andrey K. Guber, Mark L. Rivers, and Alexandra N. Kravchenko. “Contrasting land-uses affect chemical composition of organic matter in tropical soils: A case study via osmium staining and infrared spectroscopy.” Journal of...

Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons

by Christofanis Skordas | May 29, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Hessam Shahbazi et al., Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons. Science 388, 950-956 (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adr5604

Direct observations of transient weakening during phase transformations in quartz and olivine

by Christofanis Skordas | May 23, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Cross, A.J., Goddard, R.M., Kumamoto, K.M. et al. Direct observations of transient weakening during phase transformations in quartz and olivine. Nat. Geosci. 18, 548–554 (2025).

Photochemically Induced Co-oxidation of Aqueous Manganese and Cobalt and the Formation of Cobalt-Incorporated Manganese Oxides

by Christofanis Skordas | May 21, 2025 | Publications, Science Highlights

Zhenwei Gao, Gwan Yeong Jung, Ping-I Chou, Olaf J. Borkiewicz, Matthew Newville, Rohan Mishra, and Young-Shin Jun, Photochemically Induced Co-oxidation of Aqueous Manganese and Cobalt and the Formation of Cobalt-Incorporated Manganese Oxides,  Environmental Science...