2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

U of A Researchers Observe Dynamic Structure of Plant Protein

Research at the University of Arkansas shows that a plant protein’s dynamic structure plays a critical role in how the plant builds up its photosynthetic machinery, potentially informing the design of artificial solar energy conversion devices.

"Atomic Sandwiches" Could Make Computers 100X Greener

Researchers at the University of Michigan have engineered a material that could lead to a new generation of computing devices, packing in more computing power while consuming a fraction of the energy that today’s electronics require

Rice University Researchers Say 2-D Boron May be Best for Flexible Electronics

The Rice lab of theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson and experimental collaborators observed examples of naturally undulating, metallic borophene, an atom-thick layer of boron, and suggested that transferring it onto an elastic surface would preserve the material’s stretchability along with its useful electronic properties.

Unique Bacterial Chemist in the War on Potatoes

Researchers at Georgia Tech have found potato bacteria could be used to rescue crops and degrade pollutants.

The Dangers of Overcharging Your Plants

Capturing light to produce energy is a dangerous business for plants. The Kramer lab at Michigan State University has discovered one important reason why, in their search for ways to improve crop yields.

Researchers Discover More Efficient Way to Split Water, Produce Hydrogen

A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology has reported a more efficient catalyst, using molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on three-dimensional porous nickel diselenide foam to increase catalytic activity.

Shaking a Sleeping Bog Monster

Microbiologists at Georgia Tech are working at The Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change (SPRUCE) experiment as part of a major research project with the goal of understanding how the ecosystem may respond to climate change.

MSU Chemist Receives $500,000 DOE Grant for Renewable Energy Work

Milton Smith, Michigan State University College of Natural Science chemistry professor, has been awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant for research on renewable energy by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

UA Engineer Predicts Materials Failure From the Tiniest of Grains

Researcher Katerina Aifantis, the principal investigator on a nanotechnology-based collaborative research project between the University of Arizona and Michigan Technological University, is probing mechanical processes at the nanoscale with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Research Led by SBU’s Erik Muller is Finalist in R&D 100 Awards

Erik Muller, Principal Investigator in the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Stony Brook University, leads a collaborative project, “Ultra-compact Diamond X-Ray Monitors,” that has been selected as a finalist for the 2016 R&D 100 Awards.

Computer Scientists Find ‘Inexact Computing’ Can Improve Answers

Computer scientists from Rice University, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have used one of Isaac Newton’s numerical methods to demonstrate how “inexact computing” can dramatically improve the quality of simulations run on supercomputers.

UM Researchers Study Vast Carbon Residue of Ocean Life

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science used data collected over the past 15 years to advance the understanding of massive ocean carbon reservoir and its impact to marine food web.