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Nano-Scale Electronics Score Laboratory Victory

Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have pioneered a technique to grow monolayer tungsten disulfide for next-generation transistors, wearable electronics, and biomedical devices.

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.

State's Three Largest Public Research Institutions to Increase Collaboration

The University of Washington, Washington State University, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory sign Memorandum of Understanding, which expresses the intent of the parties to increase research collaborations on complex challenges and provide additional research and training opportunities for students in the state.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.