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Physics Whiz: NIU Ph.D. Student Wins Dept. of Energy Graduate Student Research Award

From November through August, Blake Burghgrave will receive monthly stipends totaling more than $30,000 to conduct research for his dissertation at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, N.Y. The highly competitive award is given to students who have the potential to make important contributions to the mission of the DOE Office of Science.

UNH Scientists Receive $1.5 Million to Investigate Human Impact on Soil Microbes

University of New Hampshire scientists received $1.5 million in federal grants as part of an effort to better understand the physiology and genetics of these soil microbes, how human activity is altering them, and the implications for the global climate.

Cosgrove Awarded the Inaugural Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology

Daniel Cosgrove, professor and Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Biology at Penn State University, has been awarded the inaugural Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology.

Lehigh Scientists Fabricate a New Class of Crystalline Solid

Scientists at Lehigh University, in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have demonstrated the fabrication of what they call a new class of crystalline solid by using a laser heating technique that induces atoms to organize into a rotating lattice without affecting the macroscopic shape of the solid.

New Synthetic ‘Nanoparticle Taxicab’ Materials Can Identify, Collect and Transport Debris on Surfaces

Polymer scientists led by Todd Emrick at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed new polymer-stabilized droplet carriers that can identify and encapsulate nanoparticles for transport in a cell, a kind of “pick up and drop off” service that represents the first successful translation of this biological process in a materials context.

Major Advance in Solar Cells Made from Cheap and Easy-to-use Perovskite

Solar cells made from an inexpensive and increasingly popular material called perovskite can more efficiently turn sunlight into electricity using a new technique to sandwich two types of perovskite into a single photovoltaic cell.

Why Fungi Rule the World

Boston University assistant professor Jennifer Talbot studies the surprising role that molds, mushrooms, and other dirt-dwellers play in climate change.

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Researchers Receive INCITE Award to Study Stellar Explosions

A team led by Stony Brook University Professors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have been awarded 45 million hours on one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, the Titan Cray XK7 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to further their research on explosive astrophysical phenomena and model these complex occurrences by way of supercomputer-generated simulations.

Wearable Device Detects and Analyzes Real-Time Changes in Chemical Composition of Sweat

A team of researchers has combined two separate technologies to create a health-monitoring device that is noninvasive, doesn’t interfere with strenuous outdoor activities and can continuously track a user’s health at the molecular level.

Closing the Carbon Loop: Pitt Chemical Engineering Team Identifies New Catalyst that Advances Capture and Conversion of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Research at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering focused on developing a new catalyst that would lead to large-scale implementation of capture and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Bacterial Mechanism Converts Nitrogen to Greenhouse Gas

Cornell researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that helps convert nitrogen-based fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas.

A Watershed Moment in Understanding How H2O Conducts Electricity

A team of researchers, led by Yale chemistry professor Mark Johnson, show for the first time how water molecules pass along excess charges and in the process, conduct electricity.