Where does magnetism arise in natural materials, and how can we use magnetic properties to gain insights into natural systems?
We are pursuing an experimental approach to identify and characterise magnetic phases in natural materials. This information is used in mineral magnetic, environmental(e.g., soil and lacustrine), and biomagnetism(e.g., brain tissue) studies. We are also developing techniques based on rock magnetism to study deformation. Many of our experiments are carried out at the Laboratory for Natural Magnetism.
As a result of January's Scientific Review in January, Philippe Marti, Giacomo Castiglione, Dmitry Tolmachev and Andy Jackson have had their PASC grant extended by one year. This will enable completion of porting of the code QuICC to GPUs.
Jerome Noir has been awarded a project by SNF to study the interaction of inertial waves and zonal flows. The grant title is Flows induced within planetary fluid layers through the interplay of thermal convection and orbital perturbations.
Many congratulations to P.D Dr. jerome noir and his colleagues Daniel Lecoanet, Michael Le Bars, Tiffany Shaw, William Young, and Stefan Llewellyn-Smith who have been awarded a multidisciplinary Simons Foundation grant for the research project “Fundamental Fluid Processes in Climate, Stellar, and Planetary Modeling”.