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Bioscientists at Rice University have introduced centimeter-scale, slime-like colonies of engineered bacteria that self-assemble from the bottom up.

The Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems has been studying novel membrane-based approaches & new materials to change how we purify water.

Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize for her development of bioorthogonal reactions, to explore cells & track biological processes without disruption.

Physics associate professor Ethan Brown has received a $285,000 grant to collaborate on research into neutrinoless double beta decay.

The team will study the thawing of Arctic permafrost to see its effects on lakes and streams, the potential conversion into methane or carbon dioxide.

DOE awarded a UW-led team of synthetic biologists a $15 million grant to engineer microbial genomes that transform CO2 into high-value chemicals.

The funding will be used to develop new technologies to engineer plants and microbes into bioenergy feedstocks and improve carbon storage.

Researchers studied pure iron-germanium crystals and discovered standing waves of fluid electrons appeared when the crystals were cooled.

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a project at UC Davis to study the function of genes that regulate growth and wood formation in poplar trees.

This knowledge is critical to community leaders and planners, to make strategic decisions to deal with these changes over the next several decades.