Yearly archive for 2016

Undergraduate

University of Oregon undergraduates interested in materials science or performing research in an MSI-related lab should review the research pages of MSI faculty and email the appropriate faculty requesting information about any available undergraduate research openings. Summer Research Programs: Spend your summer at the University of Oregon

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In-Situ (S)TEM/DTEM: From High Spatial Resolution to High Temporal Resolution

Nigel Browning Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, WA October 9, 2015 The last few years have seen a paradigm change in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) with unprecedented improvements in spatial, spectroscopic and temporal resolution being realized by aberration correctors, monochromators and

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Approaching Complex Scientific Problems with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Computational Chemistry

Karl T. Mueller Laboratory Fellow, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful tool for investigating complex systems especially when we are fortunate enough to

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Richmond awarded National Medal of Science

The Obama administration has chosen Prof. Geri Richmond to receive the nation’s highest scientific honor. The National Medal of Science is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists, engineers and inventors.  Full Story

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Taylor et al win Keck award to study neural implants

MSI Director Richard Taylor and collaborators in January were awarded a $900,000 grant to design bio-inspired implants , a common eye condition and a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older. Full Story

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