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New Acoustic Technique Reveals Structural Information in Nanoscale Materials

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new nondestructive technique for investigating these material changes by examining the acoustic response at the nanoscale.

Discovery of New Plant Switch Could Boost Crops and Biofuel Production

A team of Michigan State University researchers has discovered a switch that regulates plant photosynthesis – the process that lets plants store solar energy and use it to grow and produce food.

Better Battery Imaging Paves Way for Renewable Energy Future

University of Wisconsin-Madison and Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers have developed a novel X-ray imaging technique to visualize and study the electrochemical reactions in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries containing a new type of material, iron fluoride.

Iowa State, Ames Lab Scientists Describe Protein Pumps that Allow Bacteria to Resist Drugs

Research teams led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have described the structures of two proteins they believe pump antibiotics from bacteria, allowing the bacteria to resist medications.

Acid Test

New Energy Frontier Research Center led by Georgia Tech tackles materials that tackle pollutants.

From Metal to Insulator and Back Again

New work from Carnegie’s Russell Hemley and Ivan Naumov hones in on the physics underlying the recently discovered fact that some metals stop being metallic under pressure.

UGA Researchers Growing Trees Faster and Easier to Turn Into Fuel

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Science Center in Tennessee have surprising answers about the potential to manipulate the genetics in trees to work to our advantage.

1st Proton Collisions at the World’s Largest Science Experiment Expected to Start the First or Second Week of June

First collisions of protons at the world’s largest science experiment are expected to start the first or second week of June, according to a senior research scientist with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.

Dull Glow of Forest Yields Orbital Tracking of Photosynthesis

A research team led by geoscientists from Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory has provided some crucial ground-truth for a method of measuring plant photosynthesis on a global scale from low-Earth orbit.

MSU Engineering Student Awarded National Computational Science Fellowship

Zane Crawford, an Honors College senior majoring in electrical engineering, has earned a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Discovery Changes How Scientists Examine Rarest Elements of Periodic Table

A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table. According to new research by a Florida State University professor, californium is what’s known to be a transitional element, meaning it links one part of the Periodic Table of Elements to the next.

Plugging Up Leaky Graphene

Engineers at MIT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals have devised a technique to create a relatively large, defect-free graphene membrane, which may enable faster, more durable water filters.

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