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Materials Sciences

Sandia National Laboratories’ Ion Beam Laboratory Looks at Advanced Materials for Reactors

Reactor operators need advanced cladding materials, which are the alloys that create the outer layer of nuclear fuel rods to keep them separate from the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

80,000 Acres of Guatemala Forest Protected

Agreement will provide education, health, economic development, and fire prevention for local people in exchange for conservation measuresForest is home to…

Studies and Analyses

Study Helps Assess Nanotech Impact on Sustainable Growth

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie helped answer that question through research presented March 27th at the…

Earth Sciences

Scientists Suggest New Age for East African Rift

The Great Rift Valley of East Africa—the birthplace of the human species—may have taken much longer to develop than previously believed, according to a new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electronics: A faster model for speedier circuits

The overall performance of modern computers and communications networks is dependent on the speed of electronic components, such as transistors and optical…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nanotechnology: Feel the pressure

Miniaturized pressure sensors are widely used in mechanical and biomedical applications, for example, in gauging fuel pressure in cars or in monitoring blood…

Physics & Astronomy

Photonics: Integrated laser on silicon is looking good

Active optical fibers with silicon photonic chips can carry a lot more information for data interconnect than copper cables. Silicon photonics can also be the…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Insights: How Fingerprints Are Shaping Identification

It has long been well established that fingerprints can be used to identify people or help convict them of crimes. Things have gone a lot further now:…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Altaeros Energies Tests New High Altitude Wind Turbine Prototype

The company recently completed testing of a 35-foot scale prototype of the Altaeros Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT) at the Loring Commerce Center in Limestone,…

Physics & Astronomy

UCSB Physicists Create Multi-Frequency Light with Laser Fusion

By aiming high- and low-frequency laser beams at a semiconductor, the researchers caused electrons to be ripped from their cores, accelerated, and then smashed…

Health & Medicine

UV Photos Reveal Skin Cancer Risks in 12-Year-Olds

Now look at these kids again – which are at highest risk? You can’t tell, but a study recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Code Layer Uncovered by UC Scientists

A hidden and never before recognized layer of information in the genetic code has been uncovered by a team of scientists at the University of California, San…

Earth Sciences

States Meet Ozone Mandates: Insights from Recent Research

In a recent study published by the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, the Rice research group of environmental engineer Daniel Cohan looked at…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Road Map to Sustainable Agriculture: Key Policy Insights

In their report, the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change proposes specific policy responses to the global challenge of feeding a world…

Health & Medicine

Promising Strategies to Reduce Anesthesia Injuries in Children

As detailed in a study published in the March 23 online edition of the journal Neuroscience, Wake Forest Baptist scientists explored a number of strategies…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Counts Spike in Enclosed Spaces: New Insights

“We live in this microbial soup, and a big ingredient is our own microorganisms,” said Jordan Peccia, associate professor of environmental engineering at Yale…

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