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The seemingly simple process of phase changes—those transitions between states of matter—is more complex than previously known, according to research based at Princeton University, Peking University and New York University.
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Case Western Reserve University theorists suggest the Standard Model may account for the stuff.
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Tiny bubbles can reorganize their membranes in response to the surrounding environment, according to work carried out in an international collaboration of engineers at the University of California, Davis, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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Using a new algorithm, Stanford engineers can design and build a prism-like silicon structure that can bend light at right angles. The goal is to transmit data faster and more efficiently via optical rather than electrical signals.
Read more about Stanford Engineers Take Big Step Toward Using Light Instead of Wires Inside Computers
Northwestern University researchers understanding of zinc’s role in healthy embryos could improve in vitro fertilization.
Read more about Stunning Zinc Fireworks When Egg Meets Sperm
A team of researchers from Purdue University's Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels, or C3Bio, has developed a process that uses a chemical catalyst and heat to spur reactions that convert lignin into valuable chemical commodities.
Read more about New Conversion Process Turns Biomass 'Waste' Into Lucrative Chemical Products
New research led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Arizona (UA) indicates that shifts in Pacific trade winds played a key role in twentieth century climate variation, a sign that they may again be influencing global temperatures.
Read more about Coral Reveals Long-term Link Between Pacific Winds, Global Climate
A team at UC San Diego create a modification that simplifies one piece of the standard mathematical model of particle physics
Read more about Physicists Explain Puzzling Particle Collisions
Research team led by the University of Michigan shows that the rotational direction of light can coax inorganic nanoparticles to assemble into left- or right-handed twisting ribbons.
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New nanoscale protein container could lead to synthetic vaccines and offer a way to deliver medicine inside of human cells.
Read more about UCLA Biochemists Build Largest Synthetic Molecular ‘Cage’ Ever
Researchers at Drexel University and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemically engineered a new, electrically conductive nanomaterial that is flexible enough to fold, but strong enough to support many times its own weight.
Read more about Drexel Engineers Improve Strength, Flexibility of Atom-Thick Films
A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team tries to find improvements in iron pyrite (fool's gold) that could lead to inexpensive yet efficient solar cells.
Read more about Scientists Get to the Heart of Fool's Gold as a Solar Material
