01.19.17University Research
University of Iowa physicist Usha Mallik is at the forefront of the search for a missing particle that could prove whether the Higgs boson—believed to give mass to all matter—exists. Read More
01.19.17University Research
David Mechem, an associate professor in the Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science at the University of Kansas, is leading a new $525,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to better understand the fundamental processes governing the behavior of shallow clouds, the low-hanging cottony clouds often seen on a summer day or over ocean waters. Read More
01.18.17University Research
A multi-institution experiment conducted at Colorado State University used smaller, compact lasers to create ultra-short laser pulses and validate numerical models measuring the irradiation intensities and the extreme pressures generated. Read More
01.18.17University Research
Four Northwestern University professors — physicist Eric Dahl, chemists Danna Freedman and T. David Harris and mechanical engineer Sinan Keten — have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Read More
01.17.17University Research
A dust storm that blanketed seven nations in the Middle East in late summer 2015 was caused by climate factors and unusual weather, not human conflict in Syria, concluded researchers from Princeton, Marquette, Boston, Duke Universities and the Agricultural Research Organization. Read More
01.17.17University Research
Through long shifts at the helm of a highly sophisticated microscope, researchers at Stanford University recorded reactions at near-atomic-scale resolution. Read More
01.17.17University Research
Esther Takeuchi of Brookhaven National Lab and Stony Brook University –- who is credited with more than 150 U.S. patents and developed the battery technology that implanted cardiac defibrillators employ today — is directing a U.S. Department of Energy $10 million Energy Frontier Research Center award on innovative battery systems. Read More
01.13.17University Research
A new approach to developing catalysts spearheaded by Harvard researchers promises to revolutionize the speed, efficacy, and environmental impact of catalysis. Read More
01.13.17University Research
Most experiments searching for mysterious dark matter require massive colliders, but assistant physics professor Peter Graham advocates a different, less costly approach with new techniques going in new directions. Read More
01.13.17University Research
Jenny Yang, UCI assistant professor of chemistry, has received a 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers, the U.S. government’s highest honor for science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Read More