News

White Paper of the Centre for Molecular Water Science published

15 June 2021

After three years of intense discussion and planning, the CMWS White Paper describing the aims and tasks of the CMWS has been published.

High-pressure experiments simulate conditions in extraterrestrial deep seas

20 May 2021

Experiments at PETRA III and the APS show that the hidden oceans of water planets selectively leach magnesium from typical rock minerals at extreme pressure and temperature conditions.

More than 250 scientists met online for the CMWS DAYS 2021

25 March 2021

About 275 participants from 19 countries met online for the CMWS DAYS 2021.

Minerals let Earth's oceans seep down deeper than expected

05 March 2021

A bigger volume of the world's oceans is seeping deeper into Earth's mantle than expected: That is the result of a high-pressure experiments at DESY's X-ray source PETRA III.

High-pressure experiments provide insight into icy planets

17 February 2021

Research team determines compression behaviour of water ice in unprecedented detail.