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Mary Grossmann studied microorganisms during three typhoons to figure out what happened to the ocean’s tiny creatures when the waters churn.

The Nanoparticles by Design Unit has applied for a patent for their nanoparticle crystallization method.

Professor Evan Economo sequenced more than three hundred ant species to unravel the evolution of one globally dominant ant genus.

Professor Tomoyuki Takahashi introduces a new way to measure the distance from voltage-gated channels to vesicles, and explains how this distance affects neural signaling precision and efficacy.

Professor Hirotaka Sugawara announces his new unit, which will find ways to apply particle and nuclear physics technology to medical research.

Yuichi Nakajima decodes barnacle genetics to understand how climate change impacts the deep ocean.

Marianela Garcia-Munoz and Violeta Lopez-Huerta illuminate a new purpose for a receptor known to trigger cell death.

C. M. Chandrashekar and Thomas Busch simulate the motion of a particle that can be in two or more places at once.

Béatrice Lecroq examines tiny organisms called foraminifera in one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.

Jeong-Hwan Kim engineers a smart nanomaterial that rolls and unrolls in response to acidic or basic environments.

Professor Yabing Qi and members of his research unit are using a new strategy to develop the next generation of solar cells, focusing in particular on decreasing costs.