University and Stakeholder News

Professor Bane Vasic will work with the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center group – a program to accelerate quantum innovation.

Professor Gaurav Khanna was awarded 880,000 core-hours of supercomputing time to evaluate different computational methods for black hole simulations.

Researchers computationally assessed how changes to the virus spike can affect binding with ACE2 and compared results to those of the original virus.

Researchers identified calcium concentrations and soil alkalinity as key factors of uranium groundwater contamination in California’s Central Valley.

The project combines in situ small-angle neutron scattering measurements, to develop theories for deformations at extreme shear rates.

The non-platinum catalyst may lead to cheaper, longer-lasting power.

This past summer, physics major Jess Eskew interned virtually at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory through the SULI program.

DOE has awarded Arizona State University physics Assistant Professor Siddharth Karkare a $300,000 grant to develop more intense electron sources.

Researchers at Caltech, USC, and Oak Ridge National La discover why a perfect crystal is not good at conducting heat, although it seemingly should be.

Hirschmugl and Gajdardziska have been awarded funding to research and commercialize their material that boosts batteries’ energy storage capacity.

Scientists at UC Riverside and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reveal how cells control what they produce after eating.

New study shows that carbon-rich biochar could be used to mitigate many odors & potentially toxic volatile organic compounds emitted from swine manure

Researchers have developed a method to produce ammonia, using a mesh screen coated in copper and electrifying the screen to drive the reactions.

Columbia researchers are the first to use static charge between 2D atomic layers to provide a new route for generating graphene plasmon polaritons.

Biwu Ma published a new study on how a novel structure could create blue light in a type of material called a perovskite.

Michigan State University researchers show that the innermost regions of supernovae can forge carbon atoms over 10x faster than previously thought.

Two researchers at Ohio State University have began a study to create the most resilient, high-yielding varieties of pennycress for farmers to grow.

A two-part study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a method to create 3D models of the fibers within composite materials.

Leakage from frozen layers was a puzzle, but a new study shows how the potent greenhouse gas breaks through icy barriers.

Researchers reported a breakthrough in developing a new cathode and electrolyte, increasing power density comparable to that in li-ion batteries.

An engineer at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington U in St. Louis observes iron hydroxide’s moment of creation on a quartz substrate.

Professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh have created a serpentine path for electrons.

A newly developed fast, scalable algorithm can optimize the distribution of vaccines in a simulated epidemic network.

Lauren Greenlee received a $750,000 award from DOE to investigate the chemical and electronic structure of iron and oxygen atoms.

McNulty’s research essentially supports fundamental experimental physics projects that take place primarily at Jefferson Lab.