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These stories offer a glimpse of the many ways in which faculty and students are addressing some of today's greatest challenges in the Earth and environmental sciences.
Amorphous diamond, a new super-hard form of carbon, created under ultrahigh pressure
Submitted on Nov 01, 2011
Assistant Professor Wendy Mao and graduate student Yu Lin led the research team that produced a new form of carbon.
Professor Michael Moldowan named 2011 Treibs Medalist
Submitted on Sep 26, 2011
The Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society has awarded the 2011 Alfred Treibs Medal to J. Michael Moldowan of Stanford University. The award will be presented at the 2011 IMOG meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland.
First life may have arisen above serpentine rock, say Stanford researchers
Submitted on Sep 26, 2011
Stanford Earth scientists lend geophysical support to a theory of life's origins – but show that, if it's accurate, the first organisms could only have arisen during one brief stretch of geological time, long ago.
A trip to dinosaur time, Stephan Graham
Submitted on May 16, 2011
A project to drill a 10-kilometre-deep hole in China will provide the best view yet of the turbulent Cretaceous period. Jane Qiu reports.
Meng He selected as the recipient of the 2010 H. Victor Church Memorial Award at the Pacific Section AAPG annual meeting.
Submitted on Aug 27, 2010
The H. Victor Church Memorial Award is given by the Pacific Section AAPG in recognition of the best poster presented at the annual Pacific Section meeting. The award was established to build a lasting memorial to the technical prowess of H. Victor Church.
Asst Prof Jonathan Payne reports on Earth's growth spurts
Submitted on Oct 28, 2009
GES Emeritus Prof Irwin Remson to receive 2009 Ross L. Oliver Award from the National Ground Water Assoc
Submitted on Sep 29, 2009
Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) encounters 'live' magma
Submitted on Jun 26, 2009
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