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Iowa State Named a Partner in New Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center

Iowa State University is a partner institution in a new, $104 million research center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the project will study the next generation of plant-based, sustainable, cost-effective biofuels and bioproducts.

Neutrino Project to Fuel Particle Physics Research

South Dakota State University researchers are doing preliminary work on an international physics research project that will push the limits of engineering and could lead to new discoveries in particle physics.

Plant Scientists Aim to Turn Sorghum into Jet Fuel

As members of a new federally funded bioenergy research center, two Nebraska plant scientists plan to spend the next five years working to expand the oil-producing capability of the sorghum plant.

Protecting Plants from the Power of Sunlight

Steffie Tietz, a former post-doc in the Kramer lab at Michigan State University, is proposing a way to measure, in realtime, how plants prevent burn out from too much sunlight.

An Experiment Proposed by Stanford Theorists Finds Evidence for the Majorana Fermion, a Particle that’s its Own Antiparticle

In a discovery that concludes an 80-year quest, Stanford and University of California researchers found evidence of particles that are their own antiparticles. These 'Majorana fermions’ could one day help make quantum computers more robust.

Groundbreaking Marks Next Step in IU Physicists' Efforts Toward Creating a 'Supernova Detector'

If a star blows up anywhere in our galaxy, Indiana University-developed technology may one day directly measure particles from the explosion -- as well as detect the event faster than a telescope.

DOE Selects Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for Next-phase Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) for an additional five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to transportation fuels and products currently derived from petroleum.

DOE Funds Major Bioenergy Research Center at Illinois Through iSEE, IGB

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is doubling down on energy research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, funding a multimillion-dollar Bioenergy Research Center to provide scientific breakthroughs for a new generation of sustainable, cost-effective biofuels and bioproducts.

ISU Physics Professor Ed Tatar Working on Mega-Science Neutrino Experiment

Idaho State University physics Professor Ed Tatar and his students are participating in a global mega-science experiment involving 1,000 other researchers from 30 countries who are studying neutrinos, which are subatomic particles with most unusual properties.

Researchers Find Path to Discovering New Topological Materials, Holding Promise for Technological Applications

An international team of researchers has found a way to determine whether a crystal is a topological insulator — and to predict crystal structures and chemical compositions in which new ones can arise.

Harnessing the Right Amount of Sunshine

Researchers from MIT and the University of Verona have discovered how moss and green algae can protect themselves from too much sun.

Sequencing Reveals How Porphyra Thrives in a Tough Environment

An international research team of 50 scientists led by Susan Brawley, professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, discovered ancestral mechanisms of cell wall formation, an array of ultraviolet/high light and thermal protection strategies, and a wealth of nutrient transporters encoded by the P. umbilicalis genome.