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New Catalyst Yields More Accurate PSA Test

A chemist at Michigan Technological University and a team of researchers from Louisiana State University and the University of Texas at Dallas, have developed a new catalyst that could make lab tests like the PSA much more sensitive.

Science Provides New Way to Peer Into Pores

Rice University lab finds technique to characterize nanoscale spaces in porous materials.

Move Over Arabidopsis, There’s a New Model Plant in Town

As farmers spend billions of dollars spreading nitrogen on their fields this spring, researchers at the University of Missouri are working toward less reliance on the fertilizer.

Below the Surface

A new study by a team including University of Delaware researcher Neil Sturchio and his colleagues at the Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Chicago has given scientists an unprecedented look at such detail, showing how minerals and fluids interact in extreme conditions.

MIT Chemists Characterize a Chemical State Thought to be Unobservable

For the first time, MIT chemists have measured the energy of the transition state of a chemical reaction — a fleeting, unstable state that is a reaction’s point of no return.

Heat Radiates 10,000 Times Faster at the Nanoscale

In a unique ultra-low vibration lab at the University of Michigan, engineers have measured how heat radiates from one surface to another in a vacuum at distances down to 2 nanometers.

High Efficiency Concentrating Solar Cells Move to the Rooftop

Ultra-high efficiency solar cells similar to those used in space may now be possible on your rooftop thanks to a new microscale solar concentration technology developed by an international team of researchers.

Chemist Receives DOE Early Career Award: Ohio State’s First

Robert Baker, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry; is one of 50 outstanding young researchers from around the country—and Ohio State’s first—receiving 2015 Department of Energy Early Career Research Awards

Oregon State Spinoff Aims to Improve Residential Solar Panel Affordability

Solar power has been around for decades, but the high cost of solar panels has kept them out of reach for most homeowners. That could change thanks to technology developed at Oregon State University that’s being commercialized by Corvallis-based startup Beet Inc.

James Olsen: Perspective on the World's Biggest Particle Collider Coming Online Again

Olsen, who oversees all physics results produced by the CMS Collaboration, which consists of more than 2,500 physicists, discussed the discoveries that lay ahead at the LHC.

Physicists Advance Understanding of Electrical Vortices in Certain Materials

Computational physicists at the University of Arkansas have developed a novel method that accurately reveals how electrical vortices affect electronic properties of materials that are used in a wide range of applications, including cell phones and military sonar.

Nanoscale Solution to the Big Problem of Overheating in Microelectronic Devices

A research team led by Matthew Mecklenburg of University of Southern California (USC) and Chris Regan of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), presented findings that are a major step forward in understanding temperatures in microelectronic devices.