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Deep Space Radiation Treatment Reboots Brain’s Immune System

UCSF neuroscientist Susanna Rosi, PhD, has identified the first potential treatment for the brain damage caused by exposure to cosmic rays — a drug that prevents memory impairment in mice exposed to simulated space radiation.

TRAX Tracks Salt Lake's Air Quality

For nearly 20 years, TRAX light rail trains have shuttled riders up and down the Salt Lake Valley, saving countless car trips and sparing Salt Lake’s air tons upon tons of petroleum-powered pollutants.

Scientists Go Deep to Quantify Perovskite Properties

Scientists led by Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered electronic properties in quantum-scale devices that are likely to impact the growing field of low-cost perovskite based optoelectronics.

Rutgers Physicists Create New Class of 2D Artificial Materials

International team verifies 53-year-old theory on ferroelectric metals; findings could spawn a new generation of multi-functional devices and applications.

MSU Hosts U.S. Particle Accelerator School

Michigan State University is hosting the summer 2018 session of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School, a national graduate-level training and workforce development program in accelerator science and engineering funded by the Office of High Energy Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC).

Rice U. Engineers Advance NMR Models for Oil and Gas

New work by Rice University chemical engineers may make it easier to characterize unconventional oil or gas shale formations.

Sodium- and Potassium-based Batteries Hold Promise for Cheap Energy Storage

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found new evidence suggesting that batteries based on sodium and potassium hold promise as a potential alternative to lithium-based batteries.

Interaction of Paired and Lined-up Electrons Can be Manipulated in Semiconductors

Gábor Csáthy's lab at Purdue University has discovered a new way that electron arrangements could be manipulated within a two-dimensional electron gas of a semiconductor.

New DNA Synthesis Technique Promises Rapid, High-Fidelity DNA Printing

Scientists at the UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have invented a new way to synthesize DNA that promises to be easier and faster, does not require the use of toxic chemicals and is potentially more accurate.

Machine Learning May Be a Game-Changer for Climate Prediction

Researchers led by Pierre Gentine, associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, demonstrate that machine learning techniques can be used to better represent clouds in coarse resolution climate models, with the potential to narrowing the range of prediction.

Scripps Research Study Provides New Clues to Improving Chemotherapies

Scientists on the Florida campus of Scripps Research have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism—proteins that cells use to bind to a toxic substance and sequester it from the rest of the organism.

Two Physics and Astronomy Faculty Receive Prestigious DOE Early Career Awards

Dr. Zachary Meisel and Dr. Hee-Jong Seo, both assistant professors at OHIO University, are among 85 scientists from 55 U.S. universities to receive significant funding for research. The awards are for untenured assistant and associate professors within 10 years after earning a Ph.D.