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

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University revives National Geothermal Academy to meet growing workforce demand

A course this summer will focus on geothermal drilling techniques and safety

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Center for Land Surface Hazards receives Track II NSF funding

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

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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

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