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Scientists at the Kerfeld Lab have identified a protein family, the Helical Carotenoid Proteins, which are ancestors to the modern protein that performs crucial light protection functions.
Read more about Kerfeld Lab Reveals a New Light-Responsive Protein Family
A team of chemists has developed a method to yield highly detailed, three-dimensional images of the insides of batteries. The technique, based on magnetic resonance imaging, offers an enhanced approach to monitor the condition of these power sources in real time.
Read more about NYU Chemists Offer Enhanced 3D Look Inside Batteries
The agreement between Western Kentucky Univeristy and UT-Battelle, which manages ORNL for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, will provide new opportunities for research for faculty, said Dr. Cheryl Davis, Interim Associate Provost for Research and Creative Activity at WKU.
Read more about WKU Signs Joint Faculty Agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The University of Delaware-based Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) mission is to develop a range of new catalysts that will convert inedible biomass—things like wood, switchgrass and other organic waste—into sugars and oils that can then be used in fuels and chemicals.
Read more about Fueling the Quest for Green Energy
Researchers at Ohio State University are analyzing the genomes of microorganisms living in shale oil and gas wells have found evidence of sustainable ecosystems taking hold there—populated in part by a never-before-seen genus of bacteria they have dubbed “Frackibacter.”
Read more about New Genus of Bacteria Found Living Inside Hydraulic Fracturing Wells
Amid increasing demands for accurate climate projections, a new grant to the University of California, Davis, from the U.S. Department of Energy Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program aims to help make better use of regional climate datasets.
Read more about UC Davis Receives $6M Grant to Tame ‘Wild West’ of Regional Climate Datasets
A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have helped discover a new chemical method to immobilize uranium in contaminated groundwater, which could lead to more precise and successful water remediation efforts at former nuclear sites.
Read more about Trap and Neutralize: A New Way to Clean Contaminated Groundwater
Iowa State physicists are part of the huge NOvA Neutrino Experiment that just published two papers about the first experimental observations of muon neutrinos changing to electron neutrinos. The discovery could offer insight into fundamental neutrino properties such as mass and could help explain the dominance of matter in the universe.
Read more about Iowa State Physicist Analyzes First Electron Neutrino Data from NOvA Experiment
Biological implants that communicate with the brain to control paralyzed limbs or provide vision to the blind are one step closer to reality thanks to research by Brian Collins, an assistant professor of physics at Washington State University.
Read more about Research Improves Conductive Plastic for Health and Energy
UCLA biochemists have devised a way to convert sugar into a variety of useful chemical compounds without using cells, which could lead to the production of biofuels and new pharmaceuticals.
Read more about Major Advance in ‘Synthetic Biochemistry’ Holds Promise for Industrial Products and Biofuels
A team of researchers at MIT have found a new kind of long-range interaction between particles, in a liquid medium, that is based entirely on their motion.
Read more about Study Finds Unexpected Long-Range Particle Interactions
Clouds play a key role, influencing the transfer of heat and light to the surface, but knowledge of these clouds’ properties and their impacts on the surface is hazy.
Read more about UW-led Field Project Watching Clouds From a Remote Island Off Antarctica
