It’s Thursday, hopefully your typing fingers and wifi connections are still holding up! Take a little time off and explore Vienna, I recommend visiting the cathedral here… The conference continues, here are some little highlights for your Thursday: The most important thing is the GMPV division meeting at 12:45. Lunch will be served* (*as long as you serve yourself lunch). Get an update ...[Read More]
Yesterday was cinco de mayo, today is…the 6th of May. It’s hump day, and what better way to get over the mid-week blues than these unmissable morsels of science. Today’s highlights: Do you want to see how far automated mineralogy of thin sections has come? The latest advances from Rich Taylor from Zeiss suggest we can now do the whole thing with just an SEM. Check it out HERE. Do ...[Read More]
Good morning, it’s tuesday, and I hope you have all enjoyed the delicios gelato that Vienna has to offer (i.e. whatever you can find in your freezer). Here is some not-to-be-missed science to fill your day… When volcanoes are covered by glaciers, does this prevent forecasting, or help it? Michael Martin says the latter, check it out HERE☃️🔥 How much sulphur? This much sulphur! We have ...[Read More]
Hopefully you have all settled in to your hotels (i.e. your bedrooms) and enjoyed the icebreaker last night (i.e. sitting in your living room). Here are some highlights for today, tune in and ‘chat’! Were organic compounds on crystal surfaces involved in the emergence of life? If so, could these compounds withstand high temperatures? Check out Joanna Brau‘s new findings HERE👍 Can ...[Read More]