Month: November 2020

Ten NC State faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Congratulations to Xingao on his passing the prelim exam!

This multi-disciplinary multi-PI project is looking to develop molecule/material hybrid photoelectrodes for cooperative sunlight-driven generation of liquid fuels from carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water

• Closed-loop photoreactor design enabled by machine learning and digital twins
• Chemodivergent photoinitiated radical-polar crossover α- and α,β-C–H bond functionalisation of cyclic amine and ether scaffolds
• Photocatalytic tetrapeptides for enantioselective visible light-induced transformations
• Short Wavelength Infrared Diimmonium Nano-Agents for Photoacoustic Imaging
• Photocluster catalytic oxidation enabled by structurally precise copper-hydride nanoclusters

• Counting magnetic flux quanta offers new way to measure photon numbers
  Researchers at AIST have directly observed magnetic flux quanta generated in a superconductor by photon absorption and demonstrated a new principle of photon detection that identifies the number of photons based on the number of these flux quanta.
• Plain silicon grating reveals a hidden 'twist' in light from electron beams
  In 1953, two physicists showed that an electron beam skimming past a grating emits light whose color depends only on the electron's speed and the grating's spacing. Known as Smith-Purcell radiation, this phenomenon has become a useful tool for building compact, tunable light sources and tracking particle beams without touching them.

• Scientists discover a hidden flaw that challenges 40 years of superconductor science
• A tiny defect in a crystal reveals a big quantum surprise
• A revolutionary new microscope could reveal the hidden machinery of life
• Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface
• Physicists create a bizarre new quantum state called a fractional fermi sea

• Scientists discover a hidden flaw that challenges 40 years of superconductor science
  October 24, 2026
  A superconducting material studied for 40 years has turned out to be far more complex than scientists believed. Advanced 3D imaging revealed a hidden patchwork of crystal structures, with unusually wide boundaries that may weaken superconductivity. The discovery challenges decades of scientific assumptions and could explain why some superconductors outperform others.