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MSU Hosts U.S. Particle Accelerator School

Michigan State University is hosting the summer 2018 session of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School, a national graduate-level training and workforce development program in accelerator science and engineering funded by the Office of High Energy Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC).

Engineers Turn Plastic Insulator Into Heat Conductor

Engineers at MIT have developed a polymer thermal conductor — a plastic material that, however counterintuitively, works as a heat conductor, dissipating heat rather than insulating it.

Plasmons Triggered in Nanotube Quantum Wells

A novel quantum effect observed in a carbon nanotube film could lead to the development of unique lasers and other optoelectronic devices, according to scientists at Rice University and Tokyo Metropolitan University.

Caltech Awarded Federal Funding for Quantum Research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have both announced new funding awards for quantum-related research in conjunction with a White House Summit on Advancing American Leadership in Quantum Information Science, held on Monday, September 24.

PARP-1 May be Key to Effectiveness of PARP Inhibitors, and Now Researchers Can Image It

Penn Medicine researchers have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to isolate a key genetic feature that could cause resistance to PARP inhibitors in patients with ovarian cancer – and they’ve also proven they have a way to see that feature using PET imaging.

Scientists Uncover Details of Viral Infections that Drive Environmental, Human Health

New research from The Ohio State University offers a glimpse into the complexity of interactions between bacteria and the viruses – or phages – that infect them.

MSU Wins Four Top Awards From Department of Energy

Four Michigan State University students earned DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program awards for their research in various areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, making MSU the most-decorated institution represented at the program.

Massive New Dark Matter Detector Gets its 'Eyes'

Brown University researchers have assembled two massive arrays of photomultiplier tubes, powerful light sensors that will serve as the "eyes" for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector, which will start its search for dark matter particles in 2020.

‘Theory Guy’ Colin Egerer Selected for Elite Department of Energy Program

Colin Egerer, a Ph.D. student in William & Mary's Department of Physics, is one of only 60 grad students to be selected in 2018 for the DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

Nuclear Radiation Detecting Device Could Lead to New Homeland Security Tool

A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that could provide a significantly less expensive alternative to the detectors now in commercial use.

A New Way to Provide Cooling Without Power

MIT researchers have devised a new way of providing cooling on a hot sunny day, using inexpensive materials and requiring no fossil fuel-generated power. The passive system, which could be used to supplement other cooling systems to preserve food and medications in hot, off-grid locations, is essentially a high-tech version of a parasol.

Study of Quark Speeds Finds a Solution for a 35-year Physics Mystery

MIT physicists now have an answer to a question in nuclear physics that has puzzled scientists for three decades: Why do quarks move more slowly inside larger atoms?