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Largest U.S. investment in particle self-assembly seeks to deliver on nanotechnology’s promise
With applications in transportation, energy, health care and more, the center includes African universities and creates opportunities for overlooked talent in the U.S.
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Cruisin’ the danger zone
Behind the airborne action in “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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Outsmarting floodwaters
The world needs better tools to protect people during floods. A new machine learning method could help.
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Star lighter
The alum who sparked the biggest fusion breakthrough in decades
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Reimagining the auto lab
Researchers in the Walter E. Lay Automotive Engineering Laboratory are investigating engine efficiency, alternative and low carbon fuels, connected and autonomous vehicles and vehicle electrification.
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Perot Jain TechLab program enables entrepreneurial experience for technical students
Newly re-named and boosted with funding from Perot Jain, Ford and more, Perot Jain TechLab connects students with startups to explore new technology applications.
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$7.5 million to predict and communicate flood risk
Engineers, atmospheric scientists, psychologists and anthropologists team up to develop better flood predictions and ensure decision-makers can understand them.
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$9.7M for tools to improve forecasts of harmful space weather
Better forecasting could protect astronauts and instruments from solar eruptions that release damaging, high-energy particles.
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Megastorms leave marks on Saturn’s atmosphere for hundreds of years
Massive storms have appeared as “Great White Spots” on Saturn every 20 to 30 years since 1876. The impacts of those older storms have lasted in Saturn’s atmosphere for centuries.
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Electric aviation: Battery experts, aero entrepreneurs, state leaders and venture capitalists converge
‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’