Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

Abstract Quantum Monte Carlo methods represent a powerful and broadly applicable
computational tool for finding very accurate solutions of the stationary Schrödinger equation …

Enlarged and fully updated, this new edition takes into account the considerable
experimental and theoretical progress recently made in the field. Introduction to the Physics …

The presence of an intermittent layer at the base of Earth's mantle with a maximum thickness
near 40 kilometers and a compressional wave velocity depressed by∼ 10 percent …

The evolution of resistance in pests such as the European corn borer will imperil transgenic
maize varieties that express insecticidal crystal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis …

Magnetic collapse in transition metal ions is predicted from first-principles computations at
pressures reached in the Earth's lower mantle and core. Magnetic collapse would lead to …

Fe3O4 has been studied by high-pressure diffraction to 43 GPa. No major changes in the
spinel-type structure of magnetite is observed below 21.8 GPa. At higher pressure a …

Electrical conductivity structures of the Earth's mantle estimated from the magnetotelluric and
geomagnetic deep sounding methods generally show increase of conductivity from 10− 4 …

Isothermal static compression data for MgO at 300 and 1100 K were obtained by combining
synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques with an externally heated high-temperature …

The discovery of an extraordinary number of extrasolar planets, characterized by an
unexpected variety of sizes, masses and orbits, challenges our understanding of the …