Reposted by Richard Van Noorden
In August, I had the rare chance to see a shot at the Z machine, which fires extreme pulses of electricity to generate immense pressures. Alisha Clark @colorado.edu was harnessing its power to probe the origins of water deep inside Earth. New in @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
How did Earth get its water? Inside the extreme machine seeking answers
The Z machine in New Mexico generates shockwaves that can simulate conditions deep inside our planet.