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Title: Enhancing Interferometry Using Weak Value Amplification with Real Weak ValuesSource: Physical Review LettersAuthors: Jing-Hui Huang, Kyle M. Jordan, Adetunmise C. Dada, Xiang-Yun Hu, and Jeff. S. LundeenPublished: 27 February 2025Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.080802Abstract:We introduce an ultrasensitive interferometric protocol that combines weak value amplification (WVA) with ...

Title: Advanced Permeability Prediction Through Two-Dimensional Geological Feature Image Extraction with CNN Regression from Well Logs DataSource: Mathematical GeosciencesAuthors: Wakeel Hussain, Miao Luo, Muhammad Ali, Syed Naheel Raza Rizvi, Harith F. Al-Khafaji, Nafees Ali & Salah Alshareef Alkfakey AhmedPublished: 14 January 2025Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11004-024-10171-4Abstract:...

Title: Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated meltsSource: NatureAuthors: Chunfei Chen, Michael W. Förster, Svyatoslav S. Shcheka, Isra S. Ezad, Joshua J. Shea, Yongsheng Liu, Dorrit E. Jacob & Stephen F. FoleyPublished: 08 January 2025Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08316-wAbstract:The cratonic crust contains abundant mineral deposits of metals such as gold,...

Title: Endocranial morphology of three early-diverging ceratopsians and implications for the behavior and the evolution of the endocast in ceratopsiansSource: PaleobiologyAuthors: Jinfeng Hu, Xing Xu, Qi Zhao, Yiming He, Catherine A. Forster and Fenglu HanPublished: October 21, 2024Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2024.25Abstract:Ceratopsian dinosaurs underwent great changes, including a shift...

Title: Methane fueled lake pelagic food webs in a Cretaceous greenhouse worldSource: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaAuthors: Funing Sun, Genming Luo, Richard D. Pancost, and Shucheng XiePublished: October 21, 2024Link: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2411413121Abstract:Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas but also an important carbon and energy s...

Title: The smallest known complete dinosaur fossil eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of South ChinaSource: Historical BiologyAuthors: Rui Wu, Fasheng Lou, Juan Yu, Yu Xue, Shukang Zhang, Ling Yang, Wejiang Qiu, Huimin Wang & Fenglu HanPublished: 14 Oct 2024Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2409873Abstract:The Upper Cretaceous Ganzhou Basin of Jiangxi Province, South China is among one of...

Title: Submicroscopic magnetite may be ubiquitous in the lunar regolith of the high-Ti regionSource: Science AdvancesAuthors: ZHI CAO, ZHUANG GUO, CHEN LI, SIZHE ZHAO, YANG LI, QI HE, YUANYUN WEN, ZHIYONG XIAO, XIONGYAO LI, LONG XIAO, LIFANG LI, JUNHU WANG, AND JIANZHONG LIUPublished: 20 Sep 2024Link: DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn2301Abstract:Magnetite is rare on the Moon. The ubiquitous presence of ...

Title: Translithospheric magma plumbing system fossilized in the Emeishan large igneous provinceSource: Communications Earth & EnvironmentAuthors: Sixue Wang, Hao Liu, Yong Zheng, YunChen, Sanxi Ai, Sijia Zeng, Lei Qin, Rumeng Guo, Xiaohui Yuan & Yi-Gang XuPublished: 26 August 2024Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01631-0Abstract:Lighting up the magma plumbing system beneath a large igne...

Title: Physics-based assessment of earthquake potential on the Anninghe-Zemuhe fault system in southwestern ChinaSource: Nature CommunicationsAuthor: Faqi Diao, Huihui Weng, Jean-Paul Ampuero, Zhigang Shao, Rongjiang Wang, Fenglong & Xiong XiongPublished: 12 August 2024Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51313-wAbstract:The seismic hazard of a fault system is controlled by the maximum poss...

Title: Mantle plume trail beneath the ca. 1.1 Ga North American Midcontinent Rift revealed by magnetotelluric dataSource: National Science ReviewAuthors: Wule Lin, Adam Schultz, Bo Yang, Lyal B Harris, Xiangyun HuPublished: 13 July 2024Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae239Abstract: Whilst the 1.1 Ga North American Midcontinent Rift (MCR) system is formed in association with the Keweenaw man...