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For 2-D Boron, It’s All About That Base

Rice University scientists have theoretically determined that the properties of atom-thick sheets of boron depend on where those atoms land.

Physics Professor Shawn-Yu Lin Breaks New Ground in Thermal Radiation Revolutionary Discovery Could Advance Solar Energy Conversion

Nano-photonics expert and physics professor Shawn-Yu Lin has discovered a new type of thermal radiation—in between the two extremes of blackbody radiation and laser light—that could contribute to a cheaper, easier solution for converting sunlight to electricity.

Grant to Help Increase Biofuel Yield While Limiting Fertilizer Use

Michigan State University has earned a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to better understand how biofuel crops acquire nitrogen, insights that could help maximize yields while minimizing fertilizer use.

Crop Rotation Boosts Soil Microbes, Benefits Plant Growth

In the first study of its kind, new research from the University of New Hampshire shows that crop rotations, in isolation from other management factors, can increase the functions performed by soil microbial communities that benefit plant growth.

Japanese Paper Art Inspires New 3-D Fabrication Method

Northwestern University, University of Illinois and Tsinghua University research team has created complex 3-D micro- and nanostructures out of silicon and other materials found in advanced technologies using a new assembly method that uses cuts to advantage.

Fertilize the Ocean, Cool the Planet?

MIT researchers find unintended consequences of an idea to stimulate ocean phytoplankton growth in order to geoengineer a cooler atmosphere.

A Distant Planet’s Interior Chemistry May Differ From Our Own

New work from a team including three Carnegie scientists demonstrates that different magnesium compounds could be abundant inside other planets as compared to Earth.

Carolyn Bertozzi, Peidong Yang Receive Lawrence Award from DOE

Chemistry professors Peidong Yang and Carolyn Bertozzi received the 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award last week during a ceremony at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C.

Wichita State Researchers Experiment with Particle Physics

Wichita State professors and students have found that new evidence supports the Big Bang Theory and emerging ideas in medical and defense technology.

Microscopic Animals Inspire Innovative Glass Research

Inspired by water bears, researchers at the University of Chicago have created glasses where there is some well-defined organization, as well as the origin of that organization.

Flowing Electrons Help Ocean Microbes Gulp Methane

Scientists at Caltech have shown that deep sea microbes separated by distance can still communicate and work together, using electrons to share energy and thereby consuming large amounts of methane released from vents on the ocean floor.

First Global Antineutrino Emission Map Highlights Earth’s Energy Budget

Map created by a team of researchers including those at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaii, should be useful in providing a picture of the Earth’s radioactivity and revealing processes within the lower crust and mantle.