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A new process developed by a team of University of Michigan engineers can sprout microscopic spikes on nearly any type of particle may lead to more environmentally friendly paints and a variety of other innovations.
Read more about Spiky 'Hedgehog Particles' for Safer Paints, Fewer VOC Emissions
A new spectroscopy method is bringing researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) closer to understanding – and artificially replicating – the solar water-splitting reaction at the heart of photosynthetic energy production.
Read more about Application of New Spectroscopy Method To Capture Reactions in Photosynthesis
By demonstrating a silicon-based photonic device that is sensitive to the spin of the photons in a laser shined on one of its electrodes, U Penn researchers have opened new possibilities in the developing fields of photonics and spintronics.
Read more about Penn Researchers Discover New Chiral Property of Silicon, With Photonic Applications
Researchers at the University of Kansas working with an international team at the Large Hadron Collider have produced quark-gluon plasma — a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birth of the universe — with fewer particles than previously thought possible.
Read more about ‘Littlest’ Quark-Gluon Plasma Revealed by Physicists Using Large Hadron Collider
Models by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science suggest that by the end of the century, climate changes could cause Manhattan to see a similar use of heaters and air conditioners as Oklahoma City sees today.
Read more about End-Of-Century Manhattan Climate Index To Resemble Oklahoma City Today
A quantum chemistry researcher at UC Merced and her colleagues at Stanford University and Washington State University (WSU) are receiving $1.3 million from the Department of Energy over the next three years to model charge and energy transfer for molecules in solutions.
Read more about New Grants Aid Chemist’s Research, Support Student Learning
Physicists at the University of California, San Diego, have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential uses such as fine-scale imaging and the transmission of information within tight spaces.
Read more about Physicists Fine Tune Control of Agile Exotic Materials
A team of theoretical high-energy physicists in the Fermilab Lattice and MILC Collaborations has published a new high-precision calculation that could significantly advance the indirect search for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM).
Read more about On the Precision Frontier: A New Calculation Holds Promise for New Physics
Results by researchers at Northwestern University indicate that silver nanowires could potentially withstand strong cyclic loads for long periods of time, which is a key attribute needed for flexible electronics.
Read more about Silver Nanowires Demonstrate Unexpected Self-Healing Mechanism
Thanks to research by a team at MIT, the University of Arizona, and Brookhaven National Laboratory, new analysis shows how bombardier beetles produce an explosive defensive chemical jet.
Read more about How Some Beetles Produce a Scalding Defensive Spray
Students and faculty at Vanderbilt University fabricated these tiny Archimedes’ spirals and then used ultrafast lasers at Vanderbilt and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, to characterize their optical properties.
Read more about World’s Smallest Spirals Could Guard Against Identity Theft
The US Department of Energy has named Brian Wirth, a joint UT College of Engineering and Oak Ridge National Laboratory appointee, an Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award winner for 2014.
Read more about Wirth Receives Top DOE Honor, Credits UT-ORNL Partnership
