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LSU Physicists Collaborate on T2K CP Violation Results to Explain Workings of Universe

With newly collected antineutrino data from the T2K experiment, LSU physicists have shown the continuation of trends observed in 2015, which is a preference for maximal disappearance of muon neutrinos, as well as a discrepancy between the electron neutrino and electron antineutrino appearance rates.

IU Study: During Drought, Dry Air Can Stress Plants More Than Dry Soil

Newly published research by Indiana University scientists finds that low relative humidity in the atmosphere is a significant, growing and often under-appreciated cause of plant stress in hot, dry weather conditions.

Chemistry Method Expedites Path to Useful Molecules for Medicine

Teams led by Guosheng Liu of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) and Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin–Madison describe a way to convert carbon-hydrogen bonds into nitriles, common components of bioactive molecules used in medicinal and agricultural applications.

Subatomic Microscopy Key to Building New Classes of Materials

Researchers at Penn State and the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are pushing the limits of electron microscopy into the tens of picometer scale, a fraction of the size of a hydrogen atom.

Findings About Protein Could Open Door to New Class of Antibiotics

Scientists at Oregon State University have made the first-ever detailed, atomic-level images of a peroxiredoxin, which has revealed a peculiar characteristic of this protein and might form the foundation for a new approach to antibiotics.

Scientists Create ‘Rewritable Magnetic Charge Ice’

A team of scientists working at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and led by Northern Illinois University physicist Zhili Xiao has created a new material, called “rewritable magnetic charge ice,” that permits an unprecedented degree of control over local magnetic fields and could pave the way for new computing technologies.

New Device Steps Toward Isolating Single Electrons for Quantum Computing

David Schuster, assistant professor of physics, and his collaborators at UChicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Yale University have integrated trapped electrons with superconducting quantum circuits, an advance in the effort to develop quantum computers.

Penn Engineers Develop First Transistors Made Entirely of Nanocrystal ‘Inks’

A new study by University of Pennsylvania engineers opens the door for electrical components to be built into flexible or wearable applications, as the lower-temperature process is compatible with a wide array of materials and can be applied to larger areas.

Engineers Capture Self-Assembly of Nanocrystals in Real Time

The new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers Eli and Peter Sutter demonstrates that liquid-cell electron microscopy, an imaging technique that transmits high-energy electron beams through very thin layers of liquid, checks all three boxes.

Physicists Use Electrons to Record More ‘Frames’ of Atomic Motion

By firing laser-triggered electrons fast enough to make one second seem like 150,000 years, physicists from UNL and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have advanced efforts to record the molecular reactions that drive countless chemical and biological processes.

Becoming Crystal Clear

Using state-of-the-art theoretical methods, UCSB researchers have identified a specific type of defect in the atomic structure of a light-emitting diode (LED) that results in less efficient performance.

A Movie of the Microworld: Physicists Create Nanoparticle Picture Series

Kansas State University physicists collaboratively have developed a method for taking X-ray images that show the explosion of superheated nanoparticles at the femtosecond level.