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Nine Cambridge scientists are among the new Fellows announced today by the Royal Society. 

Professor Marian Holness leads a research group in the Department of Earth Sciences, and studies the processes which occur during the melting and solidification of rocks. Here, she tells us how time spent in quiet activities like running, knitting and even breastfeeding have helped to trigger new insights in her research. 

In the sixth in a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, earth scientist Dr Marian Holness investigates the secrets locked into an ancient magma chamber that never erupted.