Robert Hazen to Receive the Mineralogical Society of America’s 2009 Distinguished Public Service Medal
Washington, DC— Robert Hazen, senior staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory, will receive the 2009 Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America.
NASA Selects Carnegie for Astrobiology Institute
Putting the Squeeze on Nitrogen for High Energy Materials
Researchers explain odd oxygen bonding under pressure
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Russell Hemley elected Honoris Causa Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Geophysical Laboratory director Russell Hemley will participate in the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF)
The Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) will take place this summer in Barcelona, from 18 to 22 July. ESOF2008 is not just a scientific conference.
Carnegie’s Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao Elected to Royal Society of London
Superconductors get a boost from pressure
Washington, DC—Superconductors can convey more than 150 times more electricity than copper wires because they don’t restrict electron movement, the essence of electricity.
Carnegie’s Bjørn Mysen Named Geochemical Fellow by Geochemical Society
Meteorites a Rich Source for Primordial Soup
Washington, DC—The organic soup that spawned life on Earth may have gotten generous helpings from outer space, according to a new study.
Philip Abelson Memoir, Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society
Carnegie’s Russell Hemley Elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh
Dirty Space and Supernovae
Washington, DC — Interstellar space may be strewn with tiny whiskers of carbon, dimming the light of far-away objects.
High Pressure
Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt
A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting performance in myriad applications ranging from medical diagnostics t
Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt
A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting performance in myriad applications ranging from medical
Magnetism loses under pressure
Earth’s getting “soft” in the middle
Building blocks of life formed on Mars
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Geophysical Lab’s Ronald Cohen to Receive 2009 Dana Medal
Experiments challenge models about the deep Earth
Life on Mars “Pregnancy Test” Successfully Launched
Washington DC*-- Key components of a new approach to discover life on Mars were successfully launched into space Frida
Carnegie’s Dave Mao awarded AGU’s Inge Lehmann Medal
Contact Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao at 202-478- 8960, or (email) Contact Russell Hemley at 202-478-8951,or (email)
Geoscience converges under pressure
Contact: Russell Hemley at (202) 478-8951 or (email);
Prehistoric remains reveal a drastic shift in northern fur seal ecology
Carnegie's Lab-On-a-Chip successfully tested on space shuttle Discovery
The Lab-On-a-Chip, developed at Carnegie in collaboration with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Charles River Labs, has been successfully tested on the space s
New Insights into High-Temperature Superconductors
Under pressure, vanadium won’t turn down the volume
Russell Hemley appointed director of Carnegie’s Geophysical Laboratory
Unlocking the frozen secrets of comet Wild 2
Carnegie and Its Inventors Awarded New Patent for Diamond Work
Washington, D.C. - The Carnegie Institution announced today that the United States Patent Office has recently granted a patent for the work of three inventors--Russell Hemley, Ho-kwang Mao, and Chih-Shiue Yan--related to the manufacture of a hard, single-crystal diamond.
Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life
Alloy of Hydrogen and Oxygen Made From Water
Otherworldly Bacteria Discovered Two Miles Down
Learning to live with oxygen on early Earth
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. has received the American Astronautical Society's William Randolph Lovelace II Award.
The Geophysical Laboratory director Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.
Fulbright awards Senior Specialist grant to Carnegie’s Marilyn Fogel
Washington, DC— As part of its international scientific exchange effort, the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program has awarded Carnegie scientist Marilyn Fogel a grant to share the most up-to-date findings in the fields of astrobiology and biogeochemistry with staff and students at th
Minerals go “dark” near Earth’s core
Washington, DC – Minerals crunched by intense pressure near the Earth’s core lose much of their ability to conduct infrared light, according to a new study from the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory.
New Properties of the Very Deep Earth Discovered
Washington, DC. To truly understand some of the movement we see at the Earth’s surface, scientists have to probe deep into the interior. A region near the planet’s core, about 1,800 miles down called the core-mantle boundary, is particularly intriguing.
Carnegie scientists fine-tuning methods for Stardust analysis
Washington, D.C. On Sunday, January 15, NASA’s Stardust mission landed safely with the first solid comet fragments ever brought back to Earth.
Climate change and the rise of atmospheric oxygen
Washington, D.C. Today’s climate change pales in comparison with what happened as Earth gave birth to its oxygen-containing atmosphere billions of years ago.
Cold Case: Looking for life on Mars
Washington, D.C. Evidence never dies in the popular TV show Cold Case. Nor do some traces of life disappear on Earth, Mars, or elsewhere.
Relic of life in that Martian meteorite? A fresh look
Are tougher electronic components on the way? Materials science gets a nitride boost
Washington, DC – Like modern day alchemists, materials scientists often turn unassuming substances into desirable ones.
Wesley T. Huntress Congressional Testimony
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
Update: Stardust to land at Carnegie
Carnegie scientists breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday, January 15 when NASA’s Stardust mission landed safely with the first solid comet samples ever brought back to Earth.
Frozen microbes reveal how to test for Martian Life
Contact at Carnegie, Marilyn Fogel at 202-478-8981, email
Carnegie Institution’s Hemley and Mao Awarded International Balzan Prize
Contact Russell Hemley at (email), 202-478-8951; or Dave Mao at (email)
Revelations about the center of the Earth
Contact Jung-Fu Lin at 925-424-4157, (email); Viktor Struzhkin at 202-478-8952, (email); or
Did Humans Cause Ecosystem Collapse in Ancient Australia?
Contact Marilyn Fogel 202-478-8981, (email)  
Lighter filling in Earth’s core
Contact Jung-Fu Lin at 202-478-8911, (email); Ho-kwang Mao,(email) 202-321-8899;

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