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Mantle Defined
White comes home to JSU
Published August 21, 2008, 6:10 am, Jacksonville News
On Thursday, September 4, the mantle of leadership in Jacksonville State University’s Reserve Office Training Corps will pass to Col. Richard White. White is one of the few ROTC commanders with the distinction of being a graduate of the program he is now chosen to lead.
Panetta says Obama needs to be more forceful to beat McCain
Published August 21, 2008, 2:48 am, Santa Cruz Sentinel
MONTEREY -- In his tightening presidential race with John McCain, Barack Obama has to bulk up his political identity in the minds of voters, Democratic leader Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
Bad News: Interstellar Travel May Remain in Science Fiction
Published August 19, 2008, 11:44 pm, Universe Today
Some sobering news from a recent rocket science conference: It is highly improbable that humans will ever explore beyond the Solar System. This downbeat opinion comes from the Joint Propulsion Conference in Hartford, Connecticut, where future space propulsion challenges were discussed and debated. It is widely acknowledged that any form of interstellar travel would require [...]
Register Now For Tournament Action at Thomson Melon Days
Published August 19, 2008, 2:08 pm, The Prairie Advocate
Get your team ready and sign up now for two tournaments scheduled for Thomson Melon Days, Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29-Sept. 1.
Measuring calcium in serpentine soils
Published August 19, 2008, 11:52 am, PhysOrg
Serpentine soils contain highly variable amounts of calcium, making them marginal lands for farming. Successful management of serpentine soils requires accurate measurement of the calcium they hold. Research published this month in the Soil Science Society of America Journal shows that multiple measurement techniques are needed to accurately measure calcium content in serpentine soils.
The storied history of the word 'planet'
Published August 19, 2008, 11:43 am, USA Today
The word "planet" has meant many different things over the millennia and even still its definition is evolving.
Measuring calcium in serpentine soils
Published August 19, 2008, 9:19 am, EurekAlert!
( Soil Science Society of America ) Serpentine soils contain highly variable amounts of calcium, making them marginal lands for farming. Successful management of serpentine soils requires accurate measurement of the calcium they hold. Research published this month in the Soil Science Society of America Journal shows that multiple measurement techniques are needed to accurately measure calcium ...
Joys, burdens of being best face Phelps now
Published August 19, 2008, 1:08 am, Independent Tribune
He stood, literally, on top of the world: Everest. The highest mountain on earth. Another few weary steps and there was nothing above us but the sky,'' Sir Edmund Hillary wrote of that moment in 1953 when he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first to the zenith. Harder to put into words was what it meant to be first, foremost - on that day the best among mankind. The New Zealander spoke of ...
Sociologist studies economics of Cape Cod conch fishery
Published August 18, 2008, 1:49 pm, The MetroWest Daily News
Two MBL researchers are studying the socioeconomic and biological aspects of the Cape Cod conch fishery
Joys, burdens of being best face Phelps now
Published August 18, 2008, 5:47 am, Courier-Post
He stood, literally, on top of the world: Everest. The highest mountain on earth.
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- Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskit e phase of MgSiO3 in Earth's D`` layer: Nature: Artem R. Oganov and Shigeaki Ono Nature 430, 445-448(22 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/na ture02701; Received 24 March 2004; Accepted 27 May 2004
Thu Aug 14
- ScienceDirect - Earth and Planetary Science Letters : Phase transition in MgSiO3 perovskite in the earth's lower mantle: Phase transition in MgSiO3 perovskite in the earth's lower mantle Taku Tsuchiya, Jun Tsuchiya, Koichiro Umemoto and Renata M. Wentzcovitch Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 224, Issues 3-4, 15 August 2004, Pages 241-248 post-perovskit e; MgSiO3; first principle; core?mantle boundary; D layer Solid phase diagram estimated by both LDA and GGA
Mon Aug 11
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- The post-spinel transformation in Mg2SiO4 and its relation to the 660-km seismic discontinuity : Abstract : Nature: Sang-Heon Shim, Thomas S. Duffy and Guoyin Shen Nature 411, 571-574 (31 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35 079053; Received 25 October 2000; Accepted 6 April 2001 Mg2SiO4 -> MgSiO3 + MgO at P ~ 20-36 GPa
- Ab initio thermodynamics of MgSiO3 perovskite at high pressures and temperatures: A. R. Oganov and G. D. Price Ab initio thermodynamics of MgSiO3 perovskite at high pressures and temperatures J. Chem. Phys. 122, 124501 (2005); DOI:10.1063/1. 1869973 MgSiO3 Perovskite more stable than MgO + SiO2 for P > 30 GPa
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