What looked like imperfections turned out to be a natural sample of davemaoite, a mineral that can’t hold its structure outside the high pressure of Earth’s lower mantle.

Davemaoite hitched a ride inside a diamond, traveling all the way up from the planet's lower mantle.

Scientists previously synthesized the mineral in a lab using immense amounts of pressure, but they were surprised to find it in nature.

The Great Works Academic Certificate Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will be hosting JMC faculty partner Colleen Sheehan for a lecture on James Madison and the current political polarization in America:

Michael Easter is the author of The Comfort Crisis, a contributing editor at Men’s Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine, and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Mineralogists from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are reporting the surprising discovery of a new mineral. Called calcium silicate perovskite, traces of the mineral were discovered in a diamond formed deep in the earth’s mantle.

President Joe Biden nominated Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, as the next U.S. attorney for the state.

In 1823 the Scottish scientist Sir David Brewster, known at that time for his famed optical experiments, (and inventing the kaleidoscope), described a “remarkable new liquid found trapped inside cavities of crystals” and dutifully reported what he had discovered in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh science journal.

The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial, already the subject of scrutiny for various actions in the case, drew attention again on Monday for his handling of jury instructions.