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  • New study: Earthquake prediction techniques lend quick insight into strength, reliability of materials

    A portrait of Karin Dahmen, the researcher who led this study.

    Illinois physics professor Karin Dahmen led a study showing that materials analyses can be sped up using statistical models already in place to predict earthquakes and avalanches.

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  •  Editor’s note:    

    To reach Karin Dahmen, call 217-244-887; email dahmen@illinois.edu

    The paper “Quantifying chemomechanical weakening in muscovite mica with a simple micromechanical mode” is available online. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53213-5. Physics is part of The Grainger College of Engineering