
Oliver Lord
@olivertlord
Head of Petrology @UoBEarthScience. Royal Society University Research Fellow. Melts rocks with lasers for a living. Die hard @englandcricket fan.
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"A silver is the best they could have hoped for in this competition." 🥈 Victoria Pendleton believes the future is bright for Great Britain's sprint team. 🚲 #Paris2024 #BBCOlympics


2024 Arizona GE: Harris 44% (+2) Trump 42% .HighGround, Inc., 500 LV, 7/30-8/5







*New Paper Alert* We used synchrotron X-rays (Brookhaven Lab) to watch how zinc changes shape when stressed sinusoidally, mimicking seismic waves in the Earth's inner core... ...and yes, before you DM me, we know the core isn't made of zinc! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…



Watch as larnite 'self-pulverizes' due to the volume increase associated with the transition from the α' to the γ phase as it cools after being sintered in an oven. From this recent paper by Chris Gregson, myself, Simon Kohn and Richard Brooker: link.springer.com/article/10.100…



