Science Highlights
Structural Mechanism for Gas Permeability in Noncrystalline Carbon under Pressure
Zeng, Zhidan, Hongbo Lou, Fujun Lan, Xiao Sun, Yuxin Liu, Hongwei Sheng, Ho-kwang Mao, and Qiaoshi Zeng. "Structural Mechanism for Gas Permeability in Noncrystalline Carbon under Pressure." Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026)....
Transport of Pt and Pd in hydrous sodium silicate melt: A study from X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Qi Chen, Jacob Huffaker, Matt Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti, Craig C. Lundstrom, "Transport of Pt and Pd in hydrous sodium silicate melt: A study from X-ray absorption spectroscopy," Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 416, 40-53 (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2025.12.061...
Equation of state of Fe-bearing epidote-group minerals determined by X-ray diffraction
Zhang, Xinyue, Ningyu Sun, and Zhu Mao. "Equation of state of Fe-bearing epidote-group minerals determined by X-ray diffraction." American Mineralogist 111, no. 1 (2026): 108-117....
High-Pressure Synthesis of Antimony Nitride Sb3N5 and Polynitride Sb2N8 Featuring Single-Bonded N810− Chains
Brüning, Lukas, Nityasagar Jena, Elena Bykova, Konstantin Glazyrin, Ievgeniia Iermak, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Igor A. Abrikosov, and Maxim Bykov. "High‐Pressure Synthesis of Antimony Nitride Sb3N5 and Polynitride Sb2N8 Featuring Single‐Bonded N810−...
Redox reactions in subducted CaCO3–Fe–SiO2 as a potential source of superdeep diamond inclusions
Guo, M., Li, X., Mao, Z. et al. Redox reactions in subducted CaCO3–Fe–SiO2 as a potential source of superdeep diamond inclusions. Sci Rep 16, 3618 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-33661-9
X-ray-diffraction and electrical-transport imaging of superconducting superhydride (La,Y)H10
Manayil Marathamkottil, A.H., Wang, K., Salke, N.P. et al. X-ray-diffraction and electrical-transport imaging of superconducting superhydride (La,Y)H10. Nat Commun 16, 11222 (2025). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66262-1
Equation of state of the rutile and CaCl2-type phases of Ge O2 to 70 GPa
Ghosh, Sumit, Gulshan Kumar, Sharad Babu Pillai, and Rajkrishna Dutta. "Equation of state of the rutile and CaC l 2-type phases of Ge O 2 to 70 GPa." Journal of Applied Physics 138, no. 23 (2025).
Integrated and managed grasses shape soil pore networks and carbon processes in tropical agroecosystems: Insights from synchrotron X-ray tomography
Ricardo O. Bordonal, Maoz Dor, Andrey K. Guber, Maurício R. Cherubin, Alexandre F. Nascimento, Sarah Tenelli, Newton La Scala, Carlos E.P. Cerri, João L.N. Carvalho, Alexandra N. Kravchenko, "Integrated and managed grasses shape soil pore networks and carbon processes...
Pressure-temperature stability and equation of state of staurolite: Implications for the water transport during cold slab subduction
Shijie Huang, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Shanrong Zhang, Yufeng Liu, Yikui Liang, Zimo Li, Wenge Zhou, Dawei Fan, "Pressure-temperature stability and equation of state of staurolite: Implications for the water transport during cold slab subduction," Lithos 522, 108361...
Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions
Chen, Sibo, Siheng Wang, Xintong Qi, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Baosheng Li. "Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, no. 49 (2025): e2506548122....