12.08.16University Research
Research at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering focused on developing a new catalyst that would lead to large-scale implementation of capture and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2).
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12.07.16ProfileDirector of the CEBAF user facility Andrew Hutton’s love for accelerators started at age 17.
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12.07.16University Research
Cornell researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that helps convert nitrogen-based fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas.
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12.06.16Science HighlightNew results confirm the rate of Higgs boson production, matching our understanding of how the universe works.
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12.06.16User Facility
Don DiMarzio is an engineering fellow at Northrop Grumman and a senior scientist within the company’s advanced research, development, design, and demonstration group NG Next, where he studies nanomaterials and radio-frequency metamaterials.
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12.06.16University Research
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have observed strong indications of quantum spin liquid inside a new exotic ytterbium crystal, first synthesized one year ago by scientists in China.
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12.06.16University Research
Teams led by Thomas F. Rosenbaum of Caltech report how they have combined magnetic fields and large pressures to not only induce states of matter at ultra-low temperatures, but also to nudge them between competing types of quantum order.
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12.05.16Science HighlightNew searches for sterile neutrinos, hypothetical particles that do not directly “talk to” any particles in the Standard Model, significantly narrow the remaining regions where these particles may be hiding.
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12.05.16From the Labs
As part of an effort to develop drought-resistant food and bioenergy crops, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered the genetic and metabolic mechanisms that allow certain plants to conserve water and thrive in semi-arid climates.
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12.02.16Profile
A 10-year scientist in the Biosciences Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kalluri focuses her work around lab programs such as DOE’s BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) to create better biofuels, improve plant productivity, and study beneficial plant-microbe interactions.
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