The United States has accrued a vast amount of nuclear waste over the last 80 years as a result of the government’s defense programs and domestic nuclear power production.

Spending most of 2020 in quarantine taught many of us the effects that confined space can have on humans. It changes us because people like to be free, and being indoors or in confined spaces can affect behaviors, performance, and routines.

The Sun is our closest star providing us light and warmth. However, it was only after 1954 that solar energy began to be an attainable electricity source because of the first silicon solar cell developed by Bell Labs.

X-rays, the radiation used to detect broken bones in our body, have been invaluable in investigating structures of materials at multiple length scales.

A team of researchers from Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) and the Integrated Mesoscale Architecture for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC) EFRC have probed the innerworkings of a mysterious nanospace.

Proteins self assemble to form different aggregated structures. This self-assembly process is integral to the formation of highly ordered protein architectures that are widely found in cellular structural elements and connective tissues, the most abundant tissue found in the human body.

“You make decisions, and then you try to make the most of them,” says Prof. Lilo Pozzo. From one decision to another, Pozzo has fed her insatiable curiosity to build a multifaceted research career at the University of Washington’s Department of Chemical Engineering.

The biggest challenges in the scientific community may seem daunting to tackle, but as The Beatles famously said, “I get by with a little help from my friends!” When scientists see immense challenges, they do not attempt to solve them alone. Like climbing Mt. Everest, most scientific problems are best addressed with a team of experts who know what they are doing.