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Researchers Link Robots Into Surveillance Teams

Researchers at Cornell University are developing a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around and, if necessary, get help in interpreting what they see, enabling them to conduct surveillance as a single entity with many eyes.

Graduate Student to Work with Federal Researchers in Pacific Northwest

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program announced recently that William G. Rodriguez-Reillo, a graduate student in organismic and evolutionary biology, will be spending three to 12 months working in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., to conduct part of his doctoral dissertation work.

New Method Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing

Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday electronic devices.

A Step Toward Mars

A highly successful test of a prototype power generator at the University of Dayton Research Institute bodes well for NASA's plans to expand its exploration of Mars with the next rover mission.

Our Solar System’s “Shocking” Origin

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss offers fresh evidence supporting the theory that our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova.

Atomistic Calculations Predict that Boron Incorporation Increases the Efficiency of LEDs

Using predictive atomistic calculations and high-performance supercomputers at the NERSC computing facility, researchers Logan Williams and Emmanouil Kioupakis at the University of Michigan found that incorporating the element boron into the widely used InGaN (indium-gallium nitride) material can keep electrons from becoming too crowded in LEDs, making the material more efficient at producing light.

Not So Elementary

A UC Santa Barbara physicist and colleagues review three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

Physicists Use Numerical ‘Tweezers’ to Study Nuclear Interactions

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed numerical “tweezers” that can pin a nucleus in place, enabling them to study how interactions between protons and neutrons produce forces between nuclei.

Scientists Discover a 2-D magnet

A team led by the University of Washington and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has for the first time discovered magnetism in the 2-D world of monolayers, or materials that are formed by a single atomic layer.

Stanford Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Boost the Performance of a Key Industrial Catalyst

The discovery focuses on an industrial catalyst known as cerium oxide, or ceria, a spongy material commonly used in catalytic converters, self-cleaning ovens and various green-energy applications, such as fuel cells and solar water splitters.

Refining the Ocean’s Thermometer

Researchers from Oregon State University, the University of California, Davis, the University of Washington, and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have found that the layers of magnesium in the shells of marine creatures known foraminifera are due to daily cycles of sunlight.

Caltech Chemical Engineer Explains Oxygen Mystery on Comets

A Caltech chemical engineer who normally develops new ways to fabricate microprocessors in computers has figured out how to explain a nagging mystery in space—why comets expel oxygen gas, the same gas we humans breathe.