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New Way to Make Yeast Hybrids May Inspire New Brews and Biofuels

The makers of beer, wine, biofuels and other products that depend on yeasts may soon have many more strains of the microorganism to work with, thanks to a new method for making interspecies yeast hybrids in the lab.

Game On: New MSU Video Game Aims to Draw Kids to Science

Called Isotopolis, the game is a joint venture of MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab to get the public, including children as young as middle schoolers, interested in science.

Researchers Simulate Scattering of Helium Nuclei within Stars

A team of researchers, including NC State physicist Dean Lee, used lattice simulations and a theoretical framework called chiral effective field theory to describe the low-energy interactions of protons and neutrons, leading to improved calculations to describe how nature produces elements.

Benedictine University Professor’s Egg Research Hatches New Discoveries on Environmental Change

Benedict University professor Monica Tischler is investigating 150 year-old bird eggs at the Advanced Photon Source, using advanced X-ray equipment to detect metals and inorganic pollutants.

Doping Powers New Thermoelectric Material

Researchers at Northwestern University have found that adding sodium produces material that is more efficient at converting heat to electricity.

Chemist Receives DOE Early Career Award: Ohio State’s First

Robert Baker, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry; is one of 50 outstanding young researchers from around the country—and Ohio State’s first—receiving 2015 Department of Energy Early Career Research Awards

How Some Beetles Produce a Scalding Defensive Spray

Thanks to research by a team at MIT, the University of Arizona, and Brookhaven National Laboratory, new analysis shows how bombardier beetles produce an explosive defensive chemical jet.

James Olsen: Perspective on the World's Biggest Particle Collider Coming Online Again

Olsen, who oversees all physics results produced by the CMS Collaboration, which consists of more than 2,500 physicists, discussed the discoveries that lay ahead at the LHC.

Greenland Plays Important Role In Polar Ice Research

Geoscientists at Penn State have used computer model experiments to show that the more temperatures increase, the faster the Greenland Ice Sheet will melt.

Researchers Make Magnetic Graphene

A team of physicists at the University of California, Riverside has found an ingenious way to induce magnetism in graphene while also preserving graphene’s electronic properties.

Sequestration on Shaky Ground

Study at MIT finds a natural impediment to the long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide.

Spiky 'Hedgehog Particles' for Safer Paints, Fewer VOC Emissions

A new process developed by a team of University of Michigan engineers can sprout microscopic spikes on nearly any type of particle may lead to more environmentally friendly paints and a variety of other innovations.