News from the NNI Community - Research Advances Funded by Agencies Participating in the NNI

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(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers have revealed new insights about the exceptional catalytic properties of ultrasmall gold particles when they are exposed to reactant gas. 

(Funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the National Science Foundation)

Engineers have developed neutrophil “nanosponges” that can safely absorb and neutralize a variety of proteins that play a role in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.

(Funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the National Science Foundation)

Engineers have developed neutrophil “nanosponges” that can safely absorb and neutralize a variety of proteins that play a role in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.

(Funded by the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation)

Physicists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about one-dimensional electronics.

(Funded by the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation)

Physicists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about one-dimensional electronics.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Scientists have shown that Planck’s law does not apply for objects smaller than a certain length scale—and the result is 100 times higher than what the law would predict. 

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Scientists have shown that Planck’s law does not apply for objects smaller than a certain length scale—and the result is 100 times higher than what the law would predict. 

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Scientists have induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic “building blocks” from which stable structures formed.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Scientists have induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic “building blocks” from which stable structures formed.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers have developed a gel laden with gold nanoparticles that changes color when it reacts with a teardrop containing ascorbic acid, released from a wound to the eye.