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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

2019

Drexel University

Controlling What Goes on 'Between the Sheets' is Key to Optimizing MXenes' Abilities

Amidst a surge of research over the last two decades focusing on the special properties of structures that are just an atom or two thick, called “two-dimensional” materials, researchers at Drexel University have steadily been uncovering the exceptional properties of one family of these materials, called MXenes.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Miscanthus With Improved Winter-hardiness Identified in Illinois Studies Will Benefit Northern Growers

For farmers, Miscanthus represents a big up-front investment. The large perennial grass must be established from vegetative pieces at great cost to farmers, but it promises a decade or more of massive biomass yields, starting in year two or three. If a cold winter happens to strike in the first year, however, all bets are off.

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