Yearly archive for 2016

A designer molecule offers new hope for damaged cells

A designer molecule offers new hope for damaged cells

Researchers in the UO lab of chemist Michael Pluth are part of a global battle against oxidative stress in the human body. It happens as we age and when we eat too much, smoke and drink alcohol. Read More

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PNNL to partner with University of Oregon on materials science

PNNL to partner with University of Oregon on materials science

RICHLAND, Wash. – A new agreement between the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Oregon will allow scientists to obtain joint appointments that bridge the two research institutions.  Link to article.

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Scott Waitukaitis Abstract

Scott Waitukaitis Leiden University, The Netherlands Title:  Rabbits, Planets, Volcanoes, Dust Devils:  The Surprising Physics of Granular Tribocharging Abstract: If you shuffle your feet across a carpet and touch a doorknob, you might get shocked.  This is tribocharging–the transfer of electrical charge between different materials.  Although it

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2016 Energy & Sustainable Materials Symposium

2016 Energy & Sustainable Materials Symposium

September 30 – October 1, Crater Lake Rooms, EMU Registration at: http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/2016-energy-sustainable-materials-symposium/  

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Simon’s Foundation funds Corwin’s research on “Cracking the Glass Problem”

MSI researcher Eric Corwin is part of a 13 member international team working on a new initiative seeking to understand the “glassy state of matter”. Corwin was recently awarded a $745k, 4-year award for his research into the study of jammed systems as it relates to glass.

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MSI Researchers win award for Materials Prototyping Facility

MSI Researchers win award for Materials Prototyping Facility

Congratulations to MSI researchers for their successful award from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The award for $476,000 will support the “Oregon Rapid Materials Prototyping (RaMP) Facility”. RaMP will house flexible state-of-the-art tools for depositing inorganic films and nanostructures via atomic layer deposition and sputtering as

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SupraSensor “Science Nation” video released

Fundamental chemistry research from the Haley/Johnson labs leads to a new sensor that gives farmers a more accurate read on fertilizer needs. New video provided by the National Science Foundation released March 14, 2016 as “Science Nation” Video of the Day.    See video

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Sara Mason Abstract

Fundamental Insights about Al Nanoclusters and Mineral Surfaces from Density Functional Theory   Sara Mason Professor of Chemistry University of Iowa   Adsorption reactions between aqueous and solid phases influence contaminant transport and fate, and are also fundamentally related to technological applications such as batteries and heterogeneous

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The Parallel Recursion Project

  Welcome to the Parallel Recursion Project Page. Please skip to the  Introduction for more information. The figure shows the magnitudes and distribution of the components of  the 100th transformation vector (tridiagonal basis vector) for a two-dimensional square lattice. The x-y plane in the figure corresponds to

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Wolfram Arnold Research Page

Thanks for your interest in my research page. As almost anything on the web, this is a page under construction; please forgive the crude format. Parallel Recursion Project Web Page Publications and Theses Arnold, W., Haydock, R., A Parallel, Object-Oriented Implementation of the Dynamic Recursion Method (link

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