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Carina Nebula Survey Reveals Details of Star Formation

A new Rice University-led survey of one of the most active star-forming regions in the galactic neighborhood is helping astronomers better understand the processes that may have contributed to the formation of the sun 4.5 billion years ago.

Shifting Gears

As the Large Hadron Collider restarts after a two-year shutdown, UF doctoral student David Curry, who is working at the LHC, shares a restart of his own.

UW Scientists Build a Nanolaser Using a Single Atomic Sheet

University of Washington scientists have built a new nanometer-sized laser — using the thinnest semiconductor available today — that is energy efficient, easy to build and compatible with existing electronics.

Coming to a Monitor Near You: A Defect-Free, Molecule-Thick Film

An emerging class of atomically thin materials known as monolayer semiconductors has generated a great deal of buzz in the world of materials science.

Game On: New MSU Video Game Aims to Draw Kids to Science

Called Isotopolis, the game is a joint venture of MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab to get the public, including children as young as middle schoolers, interested in science.

Wayne State University Engineering Professor Receives Prestigious DOE Early Career Grant

Eranda Nikolla, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical engineering in Wayne State University’s College of Engineering, was selected out of 620 submissions to receive a five-year, $750,000 award for her proposal, Nanostructured, Targeted Layered Metal Oxides as Active and Selective Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution.

Researchers Make Magnetic Graphene

A team of physicists at the University of California, Riverside has found an ingenious way to induce magnetism in graphene while also preserving graphene’s electronic properties.

UT Scientists, World Partners Begin New Research at Large Hadron Collider

The University of Tennessee joined world partners in a new era of research as scientists began recording data from the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest and most powerful particle accelerator.

Massive Amounts of Saharan Dust Fertilize the Amazon Rainforest

New joint study by the University of Maryland and NASA quantifies the connection between Earth's largest temperate desert and its largest tropical rainforest.

Exposure of U.S. Population to Extreme Heat Could Quadruple by Mid-Century

The study, by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the City University of New York (CUNY), highlights the importance of considering societal changes when trying to determine future climate impacts.

New, Ultrathin Optical Devices Shape Light in Exotic Ways

Caltech engineers have created flat devices capable of manipulating light in ways that are very difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional optical components.

New Fuel-Cell Materials Could Pave the Way for Practical Hydrogen-Powered Cars

Separate research teams from Stanford and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed new catalysts for fuel cells; techniques that hold promise for more efficient energy storage.