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Mimicking Nature for Fast, Colorful 3-D Printing (University of Illinois Press release)
How a Widely Used Catalyst Splits Water (MIT press release)
Understanding the Physiology of the Human Heart through the Study of Tarantula Muscles (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
3-D Structure of SARS-CoV-2 Explains High Infectivity vs. Other Coronaviruses (To be published in "APS Science 2020, Volume 1")
Unraveling the Mechanisms Responsible for Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steel (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Artificial Intelligence is Energy-Hungry, But New Hardware Could Curb Its Appetite (Purdue University press release)
How Oxygen Transfer is Altered in Diseased Lung Tissue (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release)
Ultrafast Snapshots of Laser-Metal Dynamics in Additive Manufacturing (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Using an Analog to Investigate the Interiors of “Super-Earths” (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Revealing a MERS-CoV Vulnerability (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Vanadium Nitride Supercapacitors Save the Day (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
A Novel Organic Dye Nanoassembly Harnesses Light To Drive Chemical Changes (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Controlling Magnetism in Superlattices via Structural Distortions (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Studying Our Galaxy’s “Water Worlds” (Arizona State University news release)
The APS Upgrade Will Enable Improved Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Crystals, Lasers, Glasses, and Bent Molecules: Adventures in Nonlinear Optics (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Removing the Uncertainty of Flame-Sampling with X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
Cell Membrane Proteins Imaged in 3-D (Brookhaven National Laboratory press release)
Cool Temperatures During Hibernation May Freeze Muscle Contraction to Save Energy (To appear in "APS Science 2019 Volume 2)
Splitting Water in a Neutral Way (To be published in "APS Science 2019, Volume 2")
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