Physicists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Potsdam University are picking up good vibrations – via laser-driven excitations – after successfully recording the spring-like motion of a two-atom molecule.
Read more about Heart of the Matter: Physicists Record Movement of Atomic Nuclei
Multiferroics – materials that exhibit both magnetic and electric order – are of interest for next-generation computing but difficult to create because the conditions conducive to each of those states are usually mutually exclusive.
Read more about Engineers Create Room-Temperature Multiferroic Material
Scientists at the University of Madison-Wisconsin have completed a large-scale analysis on various proteins’ functions in mitochondria, using cutting-edge technology to analyze all the proteins in a yeast sample in one hour.
Read more about Yeast Knockouts Peel Back Secrets of Cell Protein Function
Researchers led by Jeremy Smith at the UT-ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics are using a hundred-million processor hours on ORNL’s supercomputer Titan to pick apart lignin and increase biofuel production efficiency.
Read more about UT-ORNL Team Hopes to Ease Path from Vegetation to Biofuel
Eight Northern Illinois University computer science students gained valuable experience interning this past summer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility.
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A breakthrough materials mapping technique developed by UConn scientists has led to the discovery of highly-conductive properties in cadmium telluride, a promising material that could someday surpass the performance of silicon in solar cells.
Read more about UConn Scientists Find Material’s Defects Improve Solar Cell Performance
MIT physicists are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called the axion. If successful, the effort could crack one of the most perplexing unsolved mysteries in particle physics, as well as finally yield a glimpse of dark matter.
Read more about Team Simulates a Magnetar to Seek Dark Matter Particle
The University of Texas at Dallas engineers and their colleagues describe a novel transistor made with a new combination of materials that is even smaller than the smallest possible silicon-based transistor.
Read more about Jonsson School Engineers Help Develop Tiny Transistor in Novel Way
Five UCLA researchers were part of an international team that has used X-rays to reveal the structure of a molecule that that kills mosquitoes carrying malaria and West Nile.
Read more about A Promising Step Toward Controlling Zika Virus and Dengue Fever
The University of Oklahoma photothermal therapy is most effective against shallow or surface tumors in breast, bladder, esophageal and melanoma cancers, without the adverse side effects of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.
Read more about OU Researchers Develop Novel, Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy Using Targeted Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
MIT researchers have found that interactions between electrons and heat-carrying particles called phonons can play a significant role in preventing heat dissipation in microelectronic devices.
Read more about Electron-Phonon Interactions Affect Heat Dissipation in Computer Chips
A group of engineers at Northwestern University have discovered a way to rapidly identify top candidates for carbon capture — using just 1 percent of the computational effort that was previously required.
Read more about Finding Ideal Materials for Carbon Capture
