2014

Iowa State, Ames Lab Researcher Working to Save Energy With Nanotechnology Insulation

Research team is working to develop next-generation insulation materials for freezers, refrigerated trucks, buildings and other heating and cooling applications.

Groundwater Dating

Neil Sturchio, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at University of Delaware, is co-author of a Nature Geoscience paper detailing a pioneering new technique to date groundwater.

Case Western Reserve Scientists Find Key to Vitamin A Metabolism

Enzymatic activity essential for vision may provide target for drug transport.

Study Finds Extreme Temperature Anomalies Are Warming Faster Than Earth's Average

Research by an Indiana University geographer and colleagues finds that spatial patterns of extreme temperature anomalies -- readings well above or below the mean -- are warming even faster than the overall average.

Moving Toward A Cheaper, Better Catalyst for Hydrogen Production

Researchers at NC State have provided new insights into the catalytic characteristics of molybdenum sulfide, a promising alternative to the platinum used in current water-splitting reactions.

Proteins Stepping on "Landmines": How They Survive the Immense Heat They Create

How do some proteins survive the extreme heat generated when they catalyze reactions that can happen as many as a million times per second? Work by researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the University of California Berkeley provides an explosive answer to this important question.

Chemists Fabricate Novel Rewritable Paper

An attractive alternate to regular paper, UC Riverside-developed technology helps address increasing problems in environment and resource sustainability.

Shaping the Future of Energy Storage With Conductive Clay

Materials scientists from Drexel University’s College of Engineering invented the clay, which is both highly conductive and can easily be molded into a variety of shapes and sizes.

Science Study Links Greenhouse Gases to African Rainfall

Scientists at Oregon State University may have solved a long-standing enigma known as the African Humid Period – an intense increase in cumulative rainfall in parts of Africa that began after a long dry spell following the end of the last ice age and lasting nearly 10,000 years.