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More Charge Acceptors aren’t Necessarily Better for Solar Cells
Adding charge acceptors can slow electron transfer in some light-activated materials
How Amphibious Plants Rewired a Gas Exchange Pathway to Survive in Water
Just as humans cannot breathe underwater, the tiny pores of plants can't exchange air underwater.
Chemistry Professor Earns Humboldt Award
Dmitrii Makarov, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has won a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander...
Moran to Receive Waksman Award in Microbiology from NAS
Nancy Moran receives the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences
McLellan Wins Major Awards from Welch Foundation, National Academy
Jason McLellan receives the NAS Award in Molecular Biology and the Norman Hackerman Award from the Welch Foundation.
Faculty Member Honored with Early Career Award
Maria Arredondo, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Department of Psychology, has been named a Rising Star...
Remembering High-Energy Physicist Roy Schwitters
Roy Schwitters, a world-renowned experimental high-energy physicist and emeritus professor, passed away earlier this month.
Nanoparticles Make it Easier to Turn Light into Solvated Electrons
‘Green’ reducing agents could help tackle climate change and treat contaminated water
Cosmic Dawn III Recreates the Early Universe Epoch of Reionization in Unprecedented Detail
Scientists create the most detailed and accurate simulation ever produced of the first billion years of the universe
James Webb Telescope Reveals Milky Way-like Galaxies in Young Universe
Startling new images show how much more powerful JWST is than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope
