MIT researchers create exotic states that could lead to new kinds of sensors and optical devices.
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Discovery by the Rice researchers could lead to new insights into Quark-Gluon-Plasma, a state of matter that was last common in the universe a millionth of a second after the Big Bang.
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Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin are one step closer to delivering smart windows with a new level of energy efficiency, engineering materials that allow windows to reveal light without transferring heat and, conversely, to block light while allowing heat transmission, as described in two new research papers.
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UC Berkeley researchers have discovered a new way to switch the polarization of nanomagnets, paving the way for high-density storage to move from hard disks onto integrated circuits.
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Models by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science suggest that by the end of the century, climate changes could cause Manhattan to see a similar use of heaters and air conditioners as Oklahoma City sees today.
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New research at MIT shows non-wetting surfaces promote chemical reaction rates.
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An international group of researchers, including scientists from Virginia Tech and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have shown how nature uses a variety of pathways to grow crystals that go beyond the classical, one-atom-at-a-time route.
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Scientists at Michigan Tech have figured out to fuse graphene sheets with boron nitride nanotubes, creating a workable digital switch.
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Wesley Smith, a UW-Madison physicist, is overseeing the ultrafast sifting and winnowing procedure for the CMS (compact muon solenoid) experiment, one of two general purpose detectors at history's largest scientific project, the Large Hadron Collider.
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A team of researchers has developed a wireless device the width of a human hair that can be implanted in the brain and activated by remote control to deliver drugs.
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Separate research teams from Stanford and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed new catalysts for fuel cells; techniques that hold promise for more efficient energy storage.
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Chemical engineers and biologists at MIT have found a simple way to make yeast produce more ethanol from sugars: Spike the mixture they’re growing on with two common chemicals.
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