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Research Accelerates Quest for Quicker, Longer-Lasting Electronics

Jing Shi, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Arizona State University report they have created a TI film just 25 atoms thick that adheres to an insulating magnetic film, creating a “heterostructure.”

Bacterial Organizational Complexities Revealed

For the first time, scientists at Michigan State University have visualized the fine details of bacterial microcompartment shells – the organisms’ submicroscopic nanoreactors, which are comprised completely of protein.

Muon Magnet’s Moment Has Arrived

A global team of more than 150 scientists and engineers, including a team from Michigan State University, will be part of the Muon g-2 experiment, located at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

OSU Scientist Leads Massive Drought Research Project

A new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution brought together 62 scientists, led by Henry Adams at Oklahoma State University, from across the globe to synthesize all known research from drought manipulation studies that killed trees to develop a more accurate land-surface prediction model.

New Method Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing

Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday electronic devices.

Our Solar System’s “Shocking” Origin

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss offers fresh evidence supporting the theory that our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova.

Researchers Describe Cell Structures, Mechanisms that Enable Bacteria to Resist Antibiotics

Iowa State University's Edward Yu and his research group recently published two papers describing the efflux pumps and transporters that certain disease-causing bacteria use to keep antibiotics away.

Soil Researchers Quantify an Important, Underappreciated Factor in Carbon Release to the Atmosphere

Biogeochemist Marco Keiluweit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues elsewhere for the first time provide evidence that anaerobic microsites play a much larger role in stabilizing carbon in soils than previously thought.

Atomistic Calculations Predict that Boron Incorporation Increases the Efficiency of LEDs

Using predictive atomistic calculations and high-performance supercomputers at the NERSC computing facility, researchers Logan Williams and Emmanouil Kioupakis at the University of Michigan found that incorporating the element boron into the widely used InGaN (indium-gallium nitride) material can keep electrons from becoming too crowded in LEDs, making the material more efficient at producing light.

Reaching for Neutron Stars

For more than a decade, a cross-disciplinary team of chemists and physicists in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has been chasing the atomic nucleus. With progressive studies, they moved up the element chain to Calcium-48, an extremely rare solid commodity that has more neutrons than protons and, as such, carries a hefty price tag of $100,000 per gram.

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Not So Elementary

A UC Santa Barbara physicist and colleagues review three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

New Form of Carbon that's Hard as a Rock, Yet Elastic, Like Rubber

A team including several Carnegie scientists has developed a form of ultrastrong, lightweight carbon that is also elastic and electrically conductive. A material with such a unique combination of properties could serve a wide variety of applications from aerospace engineering to military armor.