Ranga Dias

Ranga Dias is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester. He pursued a BS in physics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, a PhD in physics from Washington State University, and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, where he investigated the quantum phenomena in hydrogens at extreme conditions.

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Physics Metallic Hydrogen [long_description] For over eighty years, scientists have been trying to produce lab-made metallic hydrogen, the holy grail of alternative fuels. In that process, diamond anvils must withstand pressures greater than those at the center of the earth—no mean feat. Recent research may have finally achieved hydrogen’s metallic state. All that remains is for another lab to reproduce the results.

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