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2018

University of Utah

Low Energy Photons, High Energy Research

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that Luisa Whittaker-Brooks of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah is one of 84 recipients of the U. S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program award. The award will assist Whittaker-Brooks in investigating the properties of two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic materials for their use as detectors of low-energy infrared photons.

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MIT University

Study Finds Climate Determines Shapes of River Basins

MIT scientists have discovered that a river basins shape is heavily influenced by the climate in which they form. The team found that in dry regions of the country, river basins take on a long and thin contour, regardless of their size. In more humid environments, river basins vary: Larger basins, on the scale of hundreds of kilometers, are long and thin, while smaller basins, spanning a few kilometers, are noticeably short and squat.

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Michigan State University

MSU Researchers Lead Team that Discovers Heaviest Known Calcium Atom; Eight New Rare Isotopes Discovered in Total

Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) and the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan discovered eight new rare isotopes of the elements phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, scandium and, most importantly, calcium. These are the heaviest isotopes of these elements ever found.

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Ohio State University

Getting to Know the Microbes that Drive Climate Change

A new understanding of the microbes and viruses in the thawing permafrost in Sweden may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change. Microbes have significant influence over global warming, primarily through the production of – or consumption of – methane, and new details about these microscopic beings’ genetics is now available, thanks to a trio of studies from a project co-led by researchers at The Ohio State University.

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