Summer Adventure: Lasers and Nanotechnology
Junior Karly Casey shares her University of Alabama at Birmingham research journey and her summer at Brookhaven National Lab.
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Junior Karly Casey shares her University of Alabama at Birmingham research journey and her summer at Brookhaven National Lab.
Read more about Summer Adventure: Lasers and NanotechnologyResearchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have invented an innovative way for different types of quantum technology to “talk” to each other using sound.
Read more about Sound Waves Let Quantum Systems 'Talk' to One AnotherIn collaboration with colleagues at UGA, University of California, Riverside, University of Michigan, and the Joint Genome Institute, a group of scientists have published a study in Nature Ecology and Evolution comparing and relating DNA methylation across 40 diverse fungal species.
Read more about New Comparative Study on DNA Modifications Across the Fungal Tree of LifeA University of Washington-led team has found a new reason behind increased methane emissions from a thawing permafrost bog in Alaska: Early spring rainfall warms up the bog and promotes the growth of plants and methane-producing microbes.
Read more about Early Spring Rain Boosts Methane from Thawing Permafrost by 30 PercentBy bombarding an ultrathin semiconductor sandwich with powerful laser pulses, physicists at the University of California, Riverside, have created the first “electron liquid” at room temperature.
Read more about UC Riverside Physicists Create Exotic Electron LiquidResearchers at Stony Brook University are proposing a theory beyond the Standard Model of particle physics that describes how electroweak symmetry is not restored at high temperatures.
Read more about New Theory Illustrates the Development of the Universe May Be Different Than We ThoughtA multi-institution team of scientists led by Texas A&M University chemist Sarbajit Banerjee has discovered an exceptional metal-oxide magnesium battery cathode material, moving researchers one step closer to delivering batteries that promise higher density of energy storage on top of transformative advances in safety, cost and performance in comparison to their ubiquitous lithium-ion (Li-ion) counterparts.
Read more about Texas A&M-Led Team Doubles Down on Energy Storage with Novel Metal-Oxide Magnesium BatteryClimate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the world’s oceans, and a new MIT study finds that over the coming decades these changes will affect the ocean’s color, intensifying its blue regions and its green ones. Satellites should detect these changes in hue, providing early warning of wide-scale changes to marine ecosystems.
Read more about Much of the Surface Ocean Will Shift in Color by the End of the 21st CenturyResearchers at the George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken a major step toward reaching one of the most sought-after goals in physics: room temperature superconductivity.
Read more about SEAS Researchers Discover New Evidence of Superconductivity at Near Room TemperatureDark matter, which is thought to account for nearly a quarter of matter in the universe (but has yet to be observed), has perplexed physicists for decades. They’re constantly looking for something surprising to show up in experiments – results that deviate from the standard model that defines elementary physics.
Read more about International Team of Physicists Continues Search for New PhysicsResearchers at the University of Chicago used IBM's Quantum Experience, an open-access quantum computer, to test fundamental principles of quantum mechanics.
Read more about Scientists Tap Into Open-access Quantum Computer to Tease Out Quantum SecretsResearchers at the University of Delaware-led Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) and investigators from its partner institutions have outlined a strategy to create renewable lubricants from non-food biomass, such as woodchips (above), grass, and other organic waste.
Read more about UD Researchers Synthesize Renewable Oils for Use in Lubricants