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Quantum Mechanics Work Lets Oil Industry Know Promise of Recovery Experiments Before They Start

Vanderbilt University physicists developed detailed quantum mechanical simulations that accurately predict the outcomes of various additive combinations in water used for enhanced oil recovery.

Scientists Go Deep to Quantify Perovskite Properties

Scientists led by Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered electronic properties in quantum-scale devices that are likely to impact the growing field of low-cost perovskite based optoelectronics.

Better, Faster, Stronger: Building Batteries That Don’t Go Boom

Researchers at Michigan Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials focused on the remarkable behavior of lithium to explain how it mitigates the pressure that develops during charging/discharging and the mechanical explanation of its high strength.

Rutgers Physicists Create New Class of 2D Artificial Materials

International team verifies 53-year-old theory on ferroelectric metals; findings could spawn a new generation of multi-functional devices and applications.

Iowa State University Chemists use Abundant, Low-Cost and Non-Toxic Elements to Synthesize Semiconductors

Chemists at Iowa State University and Ames Lab have been working to produce semiconductors from materials that are safe, abundant and inexpensive to manufacture.

Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification

A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated that the excess carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels interferes with the health of phytoplankton which form the base of marine food webs.

Simulate Today, Innovate Tomorrow: the Future of Materials Science

Stanford’s Evan Reed is at the forefront of a new class of materials scientists who dream up new materials with computer simulations.

Graphene Grows Stronger Against the Wind

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Lab, New Mexico State University and Rice University have developed a technique to grow single-atom-thick graphene monocrystals to unprecedented sizes.

A Catalyst for Clean Energy

Seeking new solutions to more efficiently harvest and store solar energy, an international scientific team has synthesized a new, dual-atom catalyst to serve as a platform for artificial photosynthesis.

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Researchers Sew Atomic Lattices Seamlessly Together

Scientists with the University of Chicago and Cornell University revealed a technique to “sew” two patches of crystals seamlessly together at the atomic level to create atomically-thin fabrics.

It Pays to Study the Solvent

Researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, are studying how solvents used in biomass conversion work in order to optimize reactions.

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A Single Atom for Catalytic Conversion

Tufts researchers, along with colleagues at Washington State University, have proven it’s possible to use a single atom of platinum to convert poisonous carbon monoxide to benign carbon dioxide, and at a lower temperature than current technology allows.