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MSU Engineering Student Awarded National Computational Science Fellowship

Zane Crawford, an Honors College senior majoring in electrical engineering, has earned a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy.

1st Proton Collisions at the World’s Largest Science Experiment Expected to Start the First or Second Week of June

First collisions of protons at the world’s largest science experiment are expected to start the first or second week of June, according to a senior research scientist with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.

Dull Glow of Forest Yields Orbital Tracking of Photosynthesis

A research team led by geoscientists from Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory has provided some crucial ground-truth for a method of measuring plant photosynthesis on a global scale from low-Earth orbit.

Discovery Changes How Scientists Examine Rarest Elements of Periodic Table

A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table. According to new research by a Florida State University professor, californium is what’s known to be a transitional element, meaning it links one part of the Periodic Table of Elements to the next.

From the Depths of A Microscopic World, Spontaneous Cooperation

A clever combination of two different types of computer simulations enabled a group of Illinois researchers to uncover an unexpectedly cooperative group dynamic: the spontaneous emergence of resource sharing among individuals in a community.

Plugging Up Leaky Graphene

Engineers at MIT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals have devised a technique to create a relatively large, defect-free graphene membrane, which may enable faster, more durable water filters.

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OU Professor Named Recipient of Prestigious Department of Energy Lawrence Award

University of Oklahoma Professor Jizhong Zhou will receive the U.S Department of Energy’s highest scientific award from U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., later this year.

Two UCSB Professors Receive Early Career Research Awards

The Department of Energy’s award for young scientists acknowledges UC Santa Barbara’s standing as a top tier research institution.

Pinpointing Natural Cancer Drug's True Origins Brings Sustainable Production a Step Closer

Researchers at the University of Michigan discover that the anti-cancer medicine trabectedin is made by microbes living within sea squirts.

A New Tool Developed at MIT Measures the Distance Between Phonon Collisions

Tabletop setup provides more nuanced picture of heat production in microelectronics.

New 'Designer Carbon' from Stanford Boosts Battery Performance

Stanford scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors.

World’s Smallest Spirals Could Guard Against Identity Theft

Students and faculty at Vanderbilt University fabricated these tiny Archimedes’ spirals and then used ultrafast lasers at Vanderbilt and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, to characterize their optical properties.