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 group of people outside in a mountainous setting with blue skies and leafy trees behind them. They are all smiling for a photo, with some people standing on some fence railings in a second row.

Center for Land Surface Hazards receives Track II NSF funding

$15 million will employ interdisciplinary science to study dangerous natural hazards

Two people stand outside a building with the sign "American Innovative Materials."

New endowment gives economic geology program a boost

Proceeds from a land sale will support the Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology

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

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