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Study Shows How Mutations Disrupt ALS-Linked Protein

New research explains how the protein TDP43 normally concentrates into droplets and how ALS-related mutations disrupt that, leading to them to form more problematic aggregates that afflict cells.

Using Nanotechnology to Give Fuel Cells More Oomph

At the same time Honda and Toyota are introducing fuel cell cars to the U.S. market, a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University, Nissan North America and Georgia Institute of Technology have teamed up to create a new technology designed to give fuel cells more oomph.

Department of Energy's Office of Science Director Cherry Murray Visits MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)

Dr. Cherry Murray, Director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) on September 8. Murray, who’s office oversees the U.S. fusion energy research program, toured MIT’s Alcator C-Mod fusion experiment, led by the Center’s director, Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) professor Dennis Whyte.

A Data-Cleaning Tool for Building Better Prediction Models

Software developed by computer scientists at Columbia University and University of California at Berkeley called ActiveClean analyzes a user’s prediction model to decide which mistakes to edit first, while updating the model as it works. With each pass, users see their model improve.

Sabbagh to Lead $3 Million International Grant on Sustained Tokamak Operation

APAM senior research scientist and adjunct professor Dr. Steven A. Sabbagh will lead a new joint international grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to study high performance tokamak plasma disruption prediction and avoidance in the long-pulse Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) located in Daejeon, South Korea.

Baylor Researchers Develop Hybrid Computational Strategy for Scalable Whole Genome Data Analysis

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DNAnexus and the University of Texas Health Science Center have developed a novel hybrid computational strategy to address the challenge of volume when processing large data sets.

Subatomic Microscopy Key to Building New Classes of Materials

Researchers at Penn State and the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are pushing the limits of electron microscopy into the tens of picometer scale, a fraction of the size of a hydrogen atom.

Scientists Create ‘Rewritable Magnetic Charge Ice’

A team of scientists working at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and led by Northern Illinois University physicist Zhili Xiao has created a new material, called “rewritable magnetic charge ice,” that permits an unprecedented degree of control over local magnetic fields and could pave the way for new computing technologies.

Advanced Materials Power Next-Generation Molecular Separations

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology identified the opportunities they see ahead for scalable membrane materials based on rigid and engineered pore structures.

“Bad Metal” Offers Clues to High-Temperature Superconductivity

A Stony Brook University PhD student and a team of scientists found that “stripes” of electronic charge, which may play a key role in superconductivity, persist across surprisingly high temperatures, shape conductivity, and have direction-dependent properties.

Researchers Develop Dynamic Templates Critical to Printable Electronics Technology

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed bio-inspired dynamic templates used to manufacture organic semiconductor materials that produce printable electronics.

How Some Battery Materials Expand Without Cracking

A team of researchers at MIT, the University of Southern Denmark, Rice University, and Argonne National Laboratory may have determined why fairly brittle electrode materials in batteries don’t crack under the strain of expansion and contraction cycles when they are used and recharged.