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The Highs and Lows of Scientific Research

Scientists at the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab discuss how their work with microbes and plant interactions can be unpredictable and take them in unexpected directions – a journey of failures and successes.

Working Under Pressure: Diamond Micro-Anvils Made by UAB Will Produce Immense Pressures to Make New Materials

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers will use tiny nanocrystalline-diamond anvils to produce pressures greater than those found at the center of the Earth to potentially create as yet unknown new materials.

First Self-Assembled Superconductor Structure Created

Building on nearly two decades’ worth of research, a multidisciplinary team at Cornell has blazed a new trail by creating a self-assembled, three-dimensional gyroidal superconductor.

MSU's 'Little Gadget that Could' Becoming Game-Changer for International Researchers

Researchers at the MSU Global Center for Food Systems have built a low-cost, handheld device and a cloud-based data aggregating platform to measure and analyze plant, soil, water, and environmental parameters.

Illinois Scientists Dig Deeper to Build a Better Permafrost Model

Scientists from the University of Illinois report they have found a way to improve predictions of permafrost area and stability in the northern high latitudes.

Magneto-Ionics Could be a New Alternative to Electronics

Physicists at UC Davis have observed what’s going on at some of these interfaces - when different materials are layered together - as oxygen ions react with different metals, causing drastic changes in magnetic and electronic properties.

UF Chemistry Professor is First to Use Light to Make Gold Crystal Nanoparticles

A team of University of Florida researchers has figured out how gold can be used in crystals grown by light to create nanoparticles, a discovery that has major implications for industry and cancer treatment and could improve the function of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and solar panels.

Engineers Capture Self-Assembly of Nanocrystals in Real Time

The new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers Eli and Peter Sutter demonstrates that liquid-cell electron microscopy, an imaging technique that transmits high-energy electron beams through very thin layers of liquid, checks all three boxes.

Wealth of Unsuspected New Microbes Expands Tree of Life

Researchers have discovered more than 1,000 new types of bacteria and Archaea over the past 15 years lurking in Earth’s nooks and crannies, dramatically rejiggering the tree to account for these microscopic new life forms.

Nanotubes Line Up to Form Films

Rice University researchers, with support from Los Alamos National Laboratory, have discovered a way to make highly aligned, wafer-scale films.

Nanocrystal Self-Assembly Sheds its Secrets

Researchers at MIT find a new approach gives a real-time look at how the complex structures form.

Taking a Close Look at Metal 3-D Printing

Professor Tony Rollett and graduate students recently analyzed samples at Argonne National Laboratory to gain insight on 3-D printed metals. Improving the internal structure of 3-D printed metal parts is one of the several challenges that need to be met in order for this manufacturing process to be adopted in a more mainstream way.