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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

• Alkylsilane-extended hydrogen migration enhanced photothermal Sabatier reaction
• Vibronically assisted sub-cycle charge transfer at a non-fullerene acceptor heterojunction
• Peripheral aryl group transposition on pyridines using photoredox catalysis
• Photocatalytic synthesis of organoarsenicals directly from minerals
• Diels-Alder reaction affords circumpyrene tetracarboxydiimide with excited state intramolecular charge transfer character

• Water-window X-rays without a synchrotron: How graphite flakes could shrink bioimaging tools
  Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found a new way to produce X-rays with wavelengths in what is called the "water window." This new method holds promise in making bioimaging X-ray machines smaller and more flexible to use.
• A superradiant clock phase emerges when Rydberg atoms meet quantum light, simulations suggest
  Rydberg atoms are atoms with one or more outer electrons excited to very high energy levels, which interact very strongly with each other. These atoms are widely used to run quantum simulations and develop quantum technologies, as they can give rise to exotic and rare phases of matter.

• Electrons catapult across solar materials in just 18 femtoseconds
• Record-breaking photodetector captures light in just 125 picoseconds
• Neutrinos could explain why matter survived the Big Bang
• A flash of laser light flips a magnet in major light-control breakthrough
• A tiny twist creates giant magnetic skyrmions in 2D crystals

• Record-breaking photodetector captures light in just 125 picoseconds
  March 4, 2026
  A new ultrathin photodetector from Duke University can sense light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and generate a signal in just 125 picoseconds, making it the fastest pyroelectric detector ever built. The breakthrough could power next-generation multispectral cameras used in medicine, agriculture, and space-based sensing.

Remember this annoying color change when you look at your screen at different angles? Professor So group at NCSU Materials Science and Engineering department offers a solution. The article is published in The Journal of the Society for Information Display (https://doi.org/10.1002/jsid.792)

The power has been restored. All IMAKS instruments are up and running. Good luck with your experiments.