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Author Archives: rberkowitz
Black carbon in Antarctica
Spectral and chemical measurements highlight the local effects of pollutants on the albedo of Antarctic snow. Continue reading
Posted in Physics Today
Tagged Atmospheric Sciences, Black Carbon, Climate Change, Physics Today
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Pinpointing the Culprit
How scientists and clinicians are using CyTOF, or Cytometry by Time of Flight, to identify immune cell subsets. Continue reading
Posted in The Scientist
Tagged Cancer, CyTOF, immunology, Immunotherapy, Mass Spectometry, Medical, The Scientist
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Sustainable manufacturing conference in South Africa highlights importance of materials
For sustainable materials processing methods to help counter our growing population’s demand for ‘stuff’, they need to be affordable and accessible. Continue reading
Posted in MRS Bulletin
Tagged Hydrogen Storage, Materials Sciences, MOFs, MRS Bulletin, Sustainability, Water Resources
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California’s recent weather extremes
A planetary-scale pattern of atmospheric waves may be responsible for California’s droughts and floods. Continue reading
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Tagged Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Meteorology, Physics, Physics Today
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Gel Scaffolds for Delivery of Immunotherapies
How clinical researchers are using biocompatible polymers to carry cancer immune therapies directly to the tumor. Continue reading
Posted in The Scientist
Tagged biology, Cancer, immunology, Immunotherapy, Lab Tools, Medical, The Scientist
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Sea turtles don’t just go with the flow
Satellite data reveal that the marine reptiles change their behavior to interact with currents. Continue reading
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Tagged biology, Environment, Geophysics, Oceanography, Physics, Physics Today
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Separating pebbles from boulders on asteroid Itokawa
Collisions between fragments may lead to size segregation of rock piles during asteroid formation. Continue reading
New simulations suggest cost-effective materials design for H2 storage
Researchers propose an inexpensive material design that appears able to store and deliver bulk hydrogen at an unprecedented rate. Continue reading
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Tagged Hydrogen Storage, Materials Sciences, MOFs, MRS Bulletin, Nanoscience, Renewable Energy
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Exploring the environmental impact of quantum dots
The speed with which microbes in a simplified ecosystem absorb the nanomaterials is raising concerns about the effect on organisms higher in the food chain. Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Energy, Environment, microbiology, Physics Today, Toxicology
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Rachel Berkowitz 