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Planets contain more complex water channels than thought
Sept. 6, 2024

Rocky exoplanets might hold vast amounts of water in their molten cores, write Haiyang Luo, Caroline Dorn, and Jie Deng in Nature Astronomy.

Ethan Sontarp recipient of the 2023 Mineralogical Society of America Undergraduate Prize
July 19, 2023
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Written by Geosciences Princeton University
 

Congratulations to Ethan Sontarp ’24 who was awarded an Undergraduate Prize from the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) in recognition of his Junior Independent work with Assistant Professor Jie Deng…

Earth’s Core Is Leaking, And Scientists Finally Have a Theory Why
May 5, 2023
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Written by Becky Ferreira, Vice Magazine

The core is leaking helium-3, a rare element that is a possible fuel for nuclear fusion and may be a key to the origin of life.

Jie Deng, and others, selected for inclusion in the APS "Physical Review B" Editor’s Suggestion and Outreach-to-the-Press
Feb. 23, 2023
 

On January 20, 2023, American Physical Society (APS) notified Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Jie Deng, that his journal article “Melting of MgSiO3 determined by machine-learned potentials" has been selected for the Physical Review B (PRB…