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Wood Burning in Homes Drives Dangerous Winter Air Pollution

Research from Kyan Shlipak, an undergraduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, showed that thousands of US deaths per year are linked to particulate matter from wood smoke.Read more

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Advanced Imaging Reveals Hidden Thermoelectric Structure

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering insights that could help recover energy lost as waste heat in industrial and automotive systems.Read more

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Iron Minerals’ Chemistry Explains How Soils Trap Carbon

From mixed charges to chemical bonding, Professor Ludmilla Aristilde found that iron uses multiple strategies to lock carbon away.Read more

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Post-Stroke Injection Protects Brain in Preclinical Study

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful inflammation after most the common type of a stroke.Read more

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