New research shows a single year of warmer-than-average Arctic temperatures can cause malnutrition in Arctic seals, intensifying risks to Inuit food security and northern ecosystems already under pressure from environmental toxins, warn Simon Fraser University researchers.

The Center for Energy is a university-wide endeavor that leverages the energy-related expertise of approximately 100 faculty members across campus from multiple disciplines and departments among the Swanson School of Engineering, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Law School, Business School and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Separated by an ocean and more than a decade, innovative experiments with 31 tin isotopes having either a surplus or shortage of neutrons show how neutrons influence nuclear stability and element formation. The experiments, conducted between 2002 and 2012 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and more recently at CERN, provide knowledge that impacts nuclear energy and national security applications.

Researchers discover a key clock protein that directly regulates pH gradients across different tissues.

 

These gradients control electric and sugar flows that precisely coordinate shoot growth with root development.

 

The discovery offers a new perspective on plant productivity and could help develop crops that allocate resources more efficiently under challenging conditions.

The University of Delaware's Juan Perilla is part of an international team that discovered a previously unknown role for the viral protein integrase, which helps HIV insert itself into human DNA. Reported in Nature, the discovery provides a new frontier for drug development to combat the virus.

America’s research program on the use of liquid metals in fusion energy systems took shape on Jan. 22 at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a world leader in such research. More than 75 fusion leaders from the public and private sectors discussed the infrastructure needed to pursue a fusion program that would use liquid metals to protect the inner components of fusion vessels from the intense heat of plasma and improve their performance.