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An international collaboration among physicists at the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, McGill University and the University of Konstanz recently demonstrated a new framework for faster control of a quantum bit—the basic unit of information in yet-to-be created quantum computers.
Read more about Fast-Track Control Accelerates Switching of Quantum Bits
In findings that could change the way industries like nuclear energy and aerospace look for materials that can stand up to radiation exposure, University of Michigan researchers have discovered that metal alloys with three or more elements in equal concentrations can be remarkably resistant to radiation-induced swelling.
Read more about Toward Safer, Long-Life Nuclear Reactors: Metal Design Could Raise Radiation Resistance by 100 Times
Carbon accumulating deep in peat around the world may be less likely to be released into the air by global warming than originally thought, according to new findings by a research team that included University of Oregon contributors.
Read more about UO Team Helps Show Peatlands May Hold On to Carbon
Florida State University research scientist Rachel Wilson and University of Oregon graduate student Anya Hopple are the first authors on a new study that details experiments suggesting that carbon stored in peat — a highly organic material found in marsh or damp regions — may not succumb to the Earth’s warming as easily as scientists thought.
Read more about Warming Global Temperatures May Not Affect Carbon Stored Deep in Northern Peatlands
A UCLA research team has made a major advance toward developing oxide supercapacitors, energy-storage devices that would combine the longevity of a battery with the fast-charge times and high-power property of capacitors.
Read more about UCLA Team Makes Step Toward Long-Lasting, Fast-Charging and High-Powered Energy Storage
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel, using only sunlight for energy.
Read more about Breakthrough Solar Cell Captures CO2 and Sunlight, Produces Burnable Fuel
A team led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has discovered members of a highly prolific bacteria group known as SAR11 living in the world’s largest oxygen minimum zone. The team has produced unambiguous evidence that the bacteria play a major role in denitrification.
Read more about Newly Discovered Bacteria Linked With Ocean Nitrogen Loss
University of Tennessee and national lab research has led to a new understanding of how and where electrochemical reactions occur, by moving from traditional electrolysis technology to what is known as proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells or PEMECs.
Read more about UT Research Reveals Potential for 50-fold Increase in Catalyst Mass Activity
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.
Read more about LSU Physicists Collaborate on T2K CP Violation Results to Explain Workings of Universe
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.
Read more about IU Study: During Drought, Dry Air Can Stress Plants More Than Dry Soil
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.
Read more about Findings About Protein Could Open Door to New Class of Antibiotics
Researchers at MIT have developed a practical and physically-based way of treating the surface of materials called perovskite oxides, to make them more durable and improve their performance.
Read more about Researchers Find a Way to Extend Life and Improve Performance of Fuel Cell Electrodes
