"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

First report of superconductivity in a nickel oxide material : Scientists at SLAC and Stanford have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear signs of superconductivity - the ability to transmit electrical current with no loss. The first in a potential new family of unconventional superconductors, its similarity to the cuprates raises hopes that it can be made to superconduct at relatively high temperatures. But it's also different in key ways that could overturn theories of how these puzzling materials work. (News Release, EurekAlert ; August 28, 2019) Jenga Chemistry ( SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ; August 28, 2019) More Examples of Nickelate Research... Ultrafast dynamics of vibrational symmetry breaking in a charge-ordered nickelate (COSLOVICH et al ., 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706742/pdf/1600735.pdf Supplementary Materials for COSLOVICH et al. , 2017 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2017/11/17/3.11...

Earth’s last magnetic field reversal took far longer than originally thought (Eric HAMILTON, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; August 7, 2019) https://news.wisc.edu/earths-last-magnetic-field-reversal-took-far-longer-than-once-thought/ Featured Research Article: Synchronizing volcanic, sedimentary and ice core records of Earth’s last magnetic polarity reversal (SINGER et al. , 2019) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaaw4621.full.pdf Supplementary Materials for SINGER et al. , 2019 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2019/08/05/5.8.eaaw4621.DC1 Earth’s Magnetic Field:  Normal Polarity vs. Reverse Polarity (NASA, 2007) Geomagnetic Polarity during the Late Cenozoic Era  (USGS, 2007)

A tectonic plate is dying under Oregon.  Here’s why it matters (Maya WEI-HAAS, National Geographic ; 29 July 2019) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/07/tectonic-plate-dying-oregon-why-matters/ Featured Research Article: The Fragmented Death of the Farallon Plate (HAWLEY and ALLEN, 2019) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2019GL083437 Supporting Information for HAWLEY and ALLEN, 2019 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1029%2F2019GL083437&file=grl59284-sup-0001-2019GL083437-SI.pdf Map of Earth’s Tectonic Plates (USGS, 2004)