University Research

Connection Found Between Viruses and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

A study led by a University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus researcher reveals a key connection between viruses and inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.

Feds Back Rice U. Study of Nanoscale Electrocatalysis

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded Rice University researchers $1.1 million to study single nanoparticles and their ability to act as electrocatalysts.

Energy Department Award Supports Professor's Study of Safer, Cheaper Nuclear Power

The use of uranium as a source of clean energy might soon take a leap forward, following the announcement that a University of Kansas chemistry professor has received a prestigious five-year award for work on this topic from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Secretary of Energy Perry Says PPPL Research Has Potential to 'Change the World'

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) Thursday, Aug. 9, saying that national labs like PPPL have the potential to change the world through their scientific research.

Department of Energy Awards William & Mary $1M for Fusion Research

The DOE recently announced $36.4 million in funding for 37 research awards at universities, national laboratories and private firms to support the study of nuclear fusion as a future energy source. William & Mary was one of 10 universities selected to receive DOE funding.

Protons Get Zippier in Neutron-rich Nuclei

Researchers at William and Mary were part of a multi-institution study carried out at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, confirming that increasing the number of neutrons as compared to protons in the atom’s nucleus also increases the average momentum of its protons, showing implications for the dynamics of neutron stars.

UW Professor Receives $205,000 DOE Grant to Study High Energy Physics

Adam Myers, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently received a $205,000 DOE grant for his project, titled “eBOSS and DESI: LSS Catalogs, Targeting and Spectroscopic Contaminants.” The grant, announced July 30 by the DOE’s Office of High Energy Physics, runs through April 30, 2021.

What’s Causing the Voltage Fade in Lithium-rich NMC Cathode Materials?

Researchers led by a University of California San Diego team have published work in the journal Nature Energy that explains what’s causing the performance-reducing “voltage fade” that currently plagues a promising class of cathode materials called Lithium-rich NMC (nickel magnesium cobalt) layered oxides.

Professor's Work Could Lead to More Fuel-Efficient Tires

Texas Tech University's Greg McKenna, the John R. Bradford Endowed Chair in Engineering and Horn Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, has received a three-year, $345,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science to study ring molecules in the hope of producing more fuel-efficient tires in the future.