RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * 'Re-Entrant' Mixing Behavior in Organic Solar Cells Necessitates New Modeling Approach In a new study, an international team of researchers created phase diagrams for organic solar cells based on a composite of a polymeric semiconductor and a "small molecule acceptor" (SMA). The phase diagrams show that the mixing behavior of these composites can have an unexpected dependence  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 9 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * NSF awards UNM-led team $4M to design photonic quantum computer By Carly Bowling A quantum research project led by The University of New Mexico in collaboration with national labs and universities around the country was awarded a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) program to continue research into the design and future more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Sept. 8 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU and Texas A&M plan national research center to advance safe energy-related geologic storage * Media Contact: Desa James | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-2669 | desa.james@okstate.edu Oklahoma State University has joined forces with Texas A&M University to establish the National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Energy-Related Geologic Storage, a new nat more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Sept. 9 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Researcher Earns NSF CAREER Award to Engineer Better EV Batteries New $556k National Science Foundation grant will help University of Oklahoma scientists enhance the effectiveness of next-gen lithium-ion energy storage By Greg Bruno As electric vehicles (EV) race for market share with combustion engines, batteries are posing a major roadblock. A University of Oklahoma mechanical engineering professo more PR

PASADENA, California, Sept. 8 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Two Caltech Graduate Students Named 2025 Quad Fellows * Caltech graduate students Alice Jeffery and Christopher Yeh have been selected as part of the 2025 cohort of Quad Fellows. Jeffery and Yeh are among 37 students selected in 2025, the third year of the initiative started by the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. In the spirit of cooperation between its pa more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Way to guide light, undeterred Penn researchers developed a system that allows light to be guided through a tiny crystal, undeterred by bumps, bends, and back-reflections. Their findings pave the way for robust, controllable light-based chips, smarter routing for data links, and more stable lasers. Key Takeaways * Penn researchers built a light-based cr more PR