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Clemson Graduate Student Receives Fellowship to Premier Physics Laboratory

Andrew Garmon, a doctoral student in the department of physics and astronomy, has received a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Research (SCGSR) to study at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the nation��s leading research facilities.

Adams State Alumna Receives Einstein Fellowship

Many Adams State University alumni continue their great stories by inspiring students in public schools and often their outstanding efforts receive national attention. This spring Cammie Newmyer was named a 2018-2019 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow.

Computational Science Grad Students Awarded U.S. Department of Energy Fellowships

Four MIT graduate students have been awarded 2018 United States Department of Energy (DoE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowships to address intractable challenges in science and engineering. Nationwide, MIT garnered the most fellowships out of this year’s 26 recipients.

Yale Quantum Engineering Gets a Boost From DOE Grant

A team of researchers from Yale Engineering and Yale’s Quantum Institute has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop the core quantum computing and networking components that would make the uncanny world of quantum physics realistic for computing.

Iowa State University Chemists use Abundant, Low-Cost and Non-Toxic Elements to Synthesize Semiconductors

Chemists at Iowa State University and Ames Lab have been working to produce semiconductors from materials that are safe, abundant and inexpensive to manufacture.

Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification

A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated that the excess carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels interferes with the health of phytoplankton which form the base of marine food webs.

Simulate Today, Innovate Tomorrow: the Future of Materials Science

Stanford’s Evan Reed is at the forefront of a new class of materials scientists who dream up new materials with computer simulations.

Graphene Grows Stronger Against the Wind

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Lab, New Mexico State University and Rice University have developed a technique to grow single-atom-thick graphene monocrystals to unprecedented sizes.

A Catalyst for Clean Energy

Seeking new solutions to more efficiently harvest and store solar energy, an international scientific team has synthesized a new, dual-atom catalyst to serve as a platform for artificial photosynthesis.

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Researchers Sew Atomic Lattices Seamlessly Together

Scientists with the University of Chicago and Cornell University revealed a technique to “sew” two patches of crystals seamlessly together at the atomic level to create atomically-thin fabrics.

It Pays to Study the Solvent

Researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, are studying how solvents used in biomass conversion work in order to optimize reactions.

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A Single Atom for Catalytic Conversion

Tufts researchers, along with colleagues at Washington State University, have proven it’s possible to use a single atom of platinum to convert poisonous carbon monoxide to benign carbon dioxide, and at a lower temperature than current technology allows.