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Get to know: The Rock and Mineral Physics Laboratory
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The Rock and Mineral Physics Laboratory at the University of Minnesota uses laboratory-based experiments to investigate the physical properties of geological materials.
Professor Hirschmann Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
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Professor Marc Hirschmann has received the prestigious honor of being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences joining ESCI Professors Larry Edwards and David Kohlstedt.
Tracing the Global Potassium Cycle Through Its Stable Isotopes
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Assistant Professor Xinyuan Zheng and his group are developing new mass spectrometry techniques to measure stable K isotope ratios in nature, providing a new way to study the K cycle.
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt Retires
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Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Professor of History of Science and Technology, retired in May 2022 after 33 years of teaching, research, and service at the University of Minnesota.
A new giant dinosaur gives insight into why many prehistoric meat-eaters had such tiny arms
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Discovery provides insight about the evolution and anatomy of big, carnivorous dinosaurs
Geomicrobiology Student Project: The importance of science communication
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In collaboration with the Bell Museum, Associate Professor Cara Santelli incorporated science communication in her Geomicrobiology course, the study of how microbes influence the planet past, present and future. Students selected topics of interest to explain their topic in a creative yet clear, succinct way.
Priscillagrewite
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A newly discovered mineral has been named Priscillagrewite, in honor or Priscilla Grew, former professor in the Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey from 1986-1993.
Bailey Group - Ocean Bacteria and Carbon
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A study led by ESCI's own Prof. Jake Bailey and Phd Student Dalton Leprich discovered that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks, releasing excess carbon into the ocean and atmosphere.
Marc Hirschmann - Carbon and Life
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How did Earth get just the right amount of carbon to sustain life? New studies by UMN Earth Sciences professor Marc Hirschmann and colleagues provide new pieces to this puzzle by showing carbon must have come from interstellar space and that most of it was lost very early in planetary formation.
Peter Kang, UMN McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
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Congratulations to Peter Kang on being awarded a UMN McKnight Land-Grant Professorship.