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LSU Chemists Characterize the Fatal Fungus Among Us

LSU chemists have identified for the first time the cell wall structure of one of the most prevalent and deadly fungi, which could usher in a new era of antifungal drug development to help save millions of lives.

Two-faced Edge Makes Nanotubes Obey

Growing a batch of carbon nanotubes that are all the same may not be as simple as researchers had hoped, according to Rice University scientists.

Team Shatters Theoretical Limit on Bio-hydrogen Production

Researchers from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have engineered the bacterial species Thermotoga maritima to produce more hydrogen than any bacterium before it.

Researchers Receive DOE Grant for Center

The University of Utah’s College of Engineering and College of Mines and Earth Sciences have received a four-year, $10.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC).

Grant Award: New Materials Bring Accessibility to Topological Insulators

Mingzhong Wu, a professor in the Department of Physics at Colorado State University, will explore a new topological insulator, alpha-Sn thin films.

Natural Mechanism Could Lower Emissions From Tropical Peatlands

Scientists have long feared that as Earth warms, tropical peatlands -- which store up to 10 percent of the planet’s soil carbon -- could dry out, decay and release vast pools of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, rapidly accelerating climate change. A new international study headed by researchers at Florida State University and Duke University, reveals the outlook may not be as bleak.

Does Rain Follow the Plow?

There are many factors that play a role in whether or not it rains, and research from the University of Arizona shows that human activity such as cultivating agricultural fields may be one of them.

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‘Cloud Computing’ Takes on New Meaning for Scientists

Clouds may be wispy puffs of water vapor drifting through the sky, but they’re heavy lifting computationally for scientists wanting to factor them into climate simulations. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Columbia University have turned to data science to achieve better cumulus calculating results.

Princeton Scientists Discover a 'Tuneable' Novel Quantum State of Matter

An international team of researchers led by Princeton physicist Zahid Hasan has discovered a quantum state of matter that can be “tuned” at will — and it’s 10 times more tuneable than existing theories can explain. This level of manipulability opens enormous possibilities for next-generation nanotechnologies and quantum computing.

Rare Antibodies Show Scientists How to Neutralize the Many Types of Ebola

Two new studies by scientists at Scripps Research are bringing Ebola virus’s weaknesses into the spotlight, showing for the first time exactly how human and mouse antibodies can bind to the virus and stop infection—not only for Ebola virus, but for other closely related pathogens as well.

Part of $4.5 Million DOE Grant Goes to Georgetown Physics Professor

Physics professor James Freericks is part of a team that recently won a $4.5 million competitive research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Freericks will work with a team of physicists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Los Alamos National Laboratory on how X-rays can be used in solids.

Scientists Design New Metabolic Technology to Open Scientific Data for Everyone

Patients want to see their medical information. Researchers want to share their data. Now, scientists at Scripps Research have released a new technology designed to make these measurements easier to perform and more accessible to practitioners, scientists and the general public.