It has been an intense half a year since starting the project! The first experiments have already been done and the first data collected.

It was hard to have two laser-heating experiments at core pressures at two beamlines at the same time but we managed. Thanks for the great help from Matter at Extremes and MinPhys@Münster.

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The core of the🌍is mainly composed of iron and nickel, along with 5-10% of unknown lighter elements. Meet Ilya Kupenko Light elements in the core , European Research Council (ERC) grantee trying to identify these elements using high pressure and temperature at the ESRF. ▶️bit.ly/3lfzHJK EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺

Another intense week for the LECOR team! Trying to determine the temperature effect on the sound velocities in iron alloys.

Presenting the first results of the project at the joint AIRAPT and EHPRG conference. Sound velocities and deformation mechanisms of the core-forming materials.

A busy weekend for the Light elements in the core team of the European Synchrotron and MinPhys@Münster. This time at Petra III DESY (English). Deforming iron alloys to get to the nature of the Earth's core anisotropy.

It was a great honor and pleasure for me to present my project to the Council!

A demanding week has come to an end. At the first iteration of the Long-Term Proposal project at ID28, we managed to collect IXS data of iron compounds at high pressure, while laser heating! Geo_ESRF European Synchrotron #ERC

Tuesday was the last day of the long double beamtime at the European Synchrotron. Also, the first experiments of the Light elements in the core team at the fully refurbished after the #EBS upgrade ID14 beamline. With great help from colleagues from MinPhys@Münster and Bayerisches Geoinstitut.

#ribboncutting Flagship beamlines ID03 and ID14 inaugurated by ESRF’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). Two unique facilities hosting ERC projects

The European Synchrotron Science and Students days during this week were a great success! With two excellent contributions from the Light elements in the core team George Aprilis and Susanne Müller!

Our congratulations to Dr. Efim Kolesnikov MinPhys@Münster for the excellent and successful Ph.D. defense! Part of his work was supported by Light elements in the core funding.

The European Synchrotron may be on its winter shutdown, but the Light elements in the core team is pressing on with experiments! This time, we’re at DESY (English) with MinPhys@Münster, exploring the deformation of planetary cores. 🌍🔬

An excellent research collaboration of the LECOR team with Bayerisches Geoinstitut. What is it like in the core of Mars? esrf.fr/sites/www/home…