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University of Michigan Scientists to Help Build Next-Generation Dark Energy Probe

U-M scientists and students will build components of a giant camera that will map 30 million galaxies’ worth of the universe in three dimensions.

UAlbany-led Study Finds Vibration Theory of Odor Perception Implausible

An international team of scientists led by University at Albany Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Eric Block, have demonstrated that the vibrational theory of olfaction, one of the two major theories explaining how the sense of smell functions, is not plausible.

UW Apparatus Measures Single Electron’s Radiation to Try to Weigh a Neutrino

University of Washington physicists are part of a team that made a step forward in their efforts to pin down the mass of a neutrino, an elusive subatomic particle that played a role in the formation of the universe.

U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary Franklin Orr Visits WEI

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Franklin “Lynn” Orr visited the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 to learn more about the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s energy research and to do a “deep dive” into the research of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC).

New Tabletop Detector “Sees” Single Electrons

MIT physicists have developed a new tabletop particle detector that is able to identify single electrons in a radioactive gas.

Discovery of New Plant Switch Could Boost Crops and Biofuel Production

A team of Michigan State University researchers has discovered a switch that regulates plant photosynthesis – the process that lets plants store solar energy and use it to grow and produce food.

Acid Test

New Energy Frontier Research Center led by Georgia Tech tackles materials that tackle pollutants.

Exposure of U.S. Population to Extreme Heat Could Quadruple by Mid-Century

The study, by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the City University of New York (CUNY), highlights the importance of considering societal changes when trying to determine future climate impacts.

For 2-D Boron, It’s All About That Base

Rice University scientists have theoretically determined that the properties of atom-thick sheets of boron depend on where those atoms land.

New Study Points Way to 'Filming' Molecule-Light Interactions

A new study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists could inform the future production of 3-D movies starring light-driven molecular reactions that already play leading roles in photosynthesis, vision and many state-of-the-art technologies.

Summer Interns Get Research Experience at PPPL

Twenty-five undergraduates from colleges across the country spent this summer at the laboratory as interns, working on projects ranging from figuring out how to remotely steer a set of mirrors that will be built into the upcoming ITER fusion machine to studying how nanoparticles grow inside plasmas.

Physics Professor Shawn-Yu Lin Breaks New Ground in Thermal Radiation Revolutionary Discovery Could Advance Solar Energy Conversion

Nano-photonics expert and physics professor Shawn-Yu Lin has discovered a new type of thermal radiation—in between the two extremes of blackbody radiation and laser light—that could contribute to a cheaper, easier solution for converting sunlight to electricity.