2016

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.

Engineering a Better Heat Pump

With help from the University of Delaware, Xergy Inc., a high-tech startup in Seaford, Delaware, recently announced an innovative refrigeration system based on an electrochemical compressor to replace the conventional mechanical vapor compression systems found in typical heat pump units.

Down the Rabbit Hole: How Electrons Travel Through Exotic New Material

Researchers at Princeton University have observed a bizarre behavior in a strange new crystal that could hold the key for future electronic technologies.

Riedo Leads Novel Study on Designing Reconfigurable Magnetic Nanopatterns

A team of international scientists led by researchers of the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and the Politecnico of Milan in Italy has demonstrated a novel approach for designing fully reconfigurable magnetic nanopatterns whose properties and functionality can be programmed and reprogrammed on-demand.

Study Offers Clearest Picture Yet of How HIV Defeats a Cellular Defender

Univeristy of Illinois physics professor Klaus Schulten and postdoctoral researcher Juan Perilla used experimental data and computer simulations to determine how a human protein that aids HIV infection binds to the HIV capsid.

Arctic Tundra

Neil Sturchio, professor and chair of the University of Delaware’s Department of Geological Sciences, is exploring how the thawing of permafrost, a subsurface layer of soil that remains mostly frozen throughout the year, affects vegetation and the carbon cycle in the Toolik Lake area of the Alaska’s North Slope.

UT and ORNL Scientists Gain New Insights into Atomic Disordering of Complex Metal Oxides

A study led by the University of Tennesse-Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory could soon pay dividends in the development of materials with energy-related applications.

Building a Better Mousetrap, From the Atoms Up

For most of human history, the discovery of new materials has been a crapshoot. But now, UConn researchers have systematized the search with machine learning that can scan millions of theoretical compounds for qualities that would make better solar cells, fibers, and computer chips.