FU LAB RESEARCH IN THE NEWS:

Mars had long-lived magnetic field, extending chances for life. Science.org. December 20, 2022. 

 

Tumours and tectonics: magnets making a mark. The Naked Scientists. December 13, 2022. 

 

Harvard Researcher Find Evidence of Techtonic Plates Billions of Years Ago. The Boston Globe. October 26, 2022. 

 

Earth's Magnetic Field Flip-Flopped Already 3.2 Billion Years Ago. Forbes. October 26, 2022. 

 

Earliest Proof of Plate Techtonics from 3.2-Billion Years Ago May offer Insights on How Life is Possible on Earth. The Science Times. October 25, 2022.

 

Harvard-led Study Offers New, Sharper Proof of Early Plate Techtonics, Flipping of Geomagnetic Poles. The Harvard Gazette. October 24, 2022. 

 

Study Offers New, Sharper Proof of Early Plate Techtonics, Flipping of Geomagnetic Poles. Phys Org. October 24, 2022. 

 

Swinging Strength of Earth's Magnetic Field Could Signal Inner Core Formation. Eos. August 2022. 

 

What did the Earth look like 3.2 billion years ago? Short Wave Podcast. National Public Radio. May 15, 2020. 

 

Diamond microscope reveals slow crawl of Earth’s ancient crust, Science, April 2020

 

Oldest evidence of a moving tectonic plate found in Australia. National Geographic. April 2020

 

Tectonic plates helped early Earth evolve 3.2 billion years ago, and that shaped how life developed. CNN. April 2020

 

Paleomagnetic evidence for modern-like plate motion velocities at 3.2 Ga. Science Advances. April 2020. Cover by Fu lab graduate student Alec Brenner.

 

The Mesoamerican attraction to magnetism. Harvard Gazette. July 2019

 

The Fascinating History of Magnetism Goes Back Even Longer Than We Thought. Popular Mechanics. August 2019

 

Mesoamerican Sculptures Reveal Early Knowledge of Magnetism. Smithsonian Magazine. August 2019

 

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