Under the microscope

Established in 2015, the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering Microbeam Laboratory houses various state-of-the-art instruments for use by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and beyond.

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An elemental x-ray map of a high-pressure eclogite from the world's youngest known (ultra)high-pressure terrain in Papua New Guinea. Photo Credit: Stacia Gordon and Joel Desormeau

Recent news from the Mackay School

A photo from the shore of Lake Tahoe with a large pine tree and the clear and vibrant blue waters of the lake.

ALERTWildfire partners with Liberty Utilities to enhance fire camera coverage in Tahoe

Liberty sponsoring camera maintenance and repairs

A decimated town after a tsunami with many buildings flattened and destroyed. The ocean is visible in the background.

Scientists unearth clues to understand what made the 2011 tsunami in Japan so massive

Geologists studied drill cores from a fault zone off the coast of Japan

Long yellow cables reach from above to the left into the ocean, which is calm.

Scientists capture elusive imagery of volcano’s inner workings

Researchers suggest new volcanic formation processes and publish images of the volcano in Nature

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