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Alloying Materials of Different Structures Offers New Tool for Controlling Properties

Oregon State scientists are involved in new research that could lead to greater materials control and in turn better semiconductors, advances in nanotechnology for pharmaceuticals and improved metallic glasses for industrial applications.

Researchers Send DNA on Sequential, and Consequential, Building Mission

A team of scientists at New York University have developed a method to create structures whose building blocks are a millionth of a meter in size by encoding DNA with assembly instructions.

'Magic' Alloy Could Spur Next Generation of Solar Cells

In what could be a major step forward for a new generation of solar cells called "concentrator photovoltaics," University of Michigan researchers have developed a new semiconductor alloy that can capture the near-infrared light located on the leading edge of the visible light spectrum.

How to Build an Artificial Nano-Factory to Power our Futures

Manuel Sommer and researchers at the Kerfeld lab are studying how the factories building sugar from carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, called carboxysomes, are built and work.

Into the Wild: Exploring Yeast Biodiversity for Better Biofuel

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center postdoctoral researcher David Peris is harnessing the power of yeast biodiversity in order to develop yeast strains that can address the challenges of the cellulosic biofuel industry.

Hydrology Graduate Student Wins DOE Research Award

Lauren Foster, a PhD student in the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program at Colorado School of Mines, will spend next year researching the effects of climate change in complex terrain at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

High Temperature Step-by-Step Process Makes Graphene from Ethene

An international team of scientists has developed a new way to produce single-layer graphene from a simple precursor: ethene – also known as ethylene – the smallest alkene molecule, which contains just two atoms of carbon.

Newly Discovered Chemical Reaction in Eye May Improve Vision

A light-sensing pigment found in everything from bacteria to vertebrates can be biochemically manipulated to reset itself, an important therapeutic advantage, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Shunned by Microbes, Organic Carbon Can Resist Breakdown in Underground Environments

A new study conducted by scientists at Stanford University reveals that organic matter whose breakdown would yield only minimal energy for hungry microorganisms preferentially builds up in floodplains, illuminating a new mechanism of carbon sequestration.

Researchers Show Thermally Activated Delayed Photoluminescence from Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the transfer of triplet excitons from nanomaterials to molecules also creates a feedback mechanism that returns some energy to the nanocrystal, causing it to photoluminesce on long time scales.

Board Approves Planning $35M for FRIB Construction Projects

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees approved the university to begin planning for new construction adding to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB.

Scientists Discover Process for Transitioning Two-Layer Graphene into a Diamond-Hard Material on Impact

Scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center, CUNY, worked to theorize and test how two layers of graphene — each one-atom thick — could be made to transform into a diamond-like material upon impact at room temperature.