In The News: College of Sciences

Chemical & Engineering News

Study suggests that certain organic compounds in soil could make asbestos fibers more mobile.

National Jeweler

Davemaoite isn’t found in nature because it can’t survive outside the high-pressure environment of Earth’s mantle.

Knowridge Science Report

Scientists have discovered a new mineral on the surface of the Earth. There’s just one catch: it shouldn’t be here.

NPR

Researchers say they've recovered a mineral from deep inside the Earth — one they thought would never see the light of day.

ZME Science

Scientists never thought such a mineral could be found at the planet's surface.

Science Magazine

Physicist asserted scientific malfeasance in prominent result, but his paper itself is under fire.

TechExplorist

New mineral from Earth’s lower mantle surfaced as diamond inclusion.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Geochemists from UNLV have discovered a new mineral on Earth's surface that's believed to have originated 410 miles deep within the planet's lower mantle.

NBC News

What looked like imperfections turned out to be a natural sample of davemaoite, a mineral that can’t hold its structure outside the high pressure of Earth’s lower mantle.

CNET

Davemaoite hitched a ride inside a diamond, traveling all the way up from the planet's lower mantle.

Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists previously synthesized the mineral in a lab using immense amounts of pressure, but they were surprised to find it in nature.

The Optimist Daily

Mineralogists from the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ are reporting the surprising discovery of a new mineral. Called calcium silicate perovskite, traces of the mineral were discovered in a diamond formed deep in the earth’s mantle.