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Sharks Shed Light on Origins of Adaptive Immune System

A team of researchers identified the three-dimensional structure of a protein expressed by a gene of a modern nurse shark that is proposed to be a close homologue to a gene that, more than 500 million years ago, gave rise to the adaptive immune system shared by all vertebrates. By understanding the emergence and evolution of the immune system, researchers may advance work in immunology, genetics, and biotechnology. Read more »

The Quest for an Altermagnet

Researchers determine the unique electronic structure of altermagnets, which offers numerous benefits in creating energy-efficient devices based on spin-polarized electron currents. Understanding how altermagnetism works could contribute to the development of next-generation memory, logic, or sensing devices that are faster and consume less power. Read more »

Characterizing Membrane Fouling with Operando Experiments

Membrane filtration offers a cost-effective, energy-efficient approach to purify and desalinate water, but fouling limits the performance of these devices. A new study explored the new experimental design that allows one to study the dynamic fouling process in real time to improve the field’s understanding of how materials deposit, accumulate, and/or crystallize on the membrane’s surface. Read more »

Greg Hura, SIBYLS Team Receive Halbach Award

Greg Hura and the Structurally Integrated BiologY for the Life Sciences (SIBYLS) team received the 2025 Klaus Halbach Award for Innovative Instrumentation at the recent 2025 User Meeting “for their pioneering work in developing the time-resolved, high-throughput, small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) technique at Beamline 12.3.1.” Read more »

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Recent High-Impact Publications

  • Santhosh, S., P. Corbae, W. Yanez, S. Ghosh, C.J. Jensen, A.V. Fedorov, M. Hashimoto, D. Lu, J.A. Borchers, A.J. Grutter, T.R. Charlton, S. Islam, D. Golovanova, Y. Zhao, A. Tauraso, A. Richardella, B. Yan, K.A. Mkhoyan, C. Palmstrøm, Y. Ou, and N. Samarth, “Altermagnetic Band Splitting in 10 nm Epitaxial CrSb Thin Films,” Advanced Materialse08977 (2025), doi:10.1002/adma.202508977 (September 6, 2025).
  • Olenginski, L.T., A.J. Wierzba, S. Laursen, and R.T. Batey, “Designing small molecules targeting a cryptic RNA binding site through base displacement,” Nature Chemical Biology (2025), doi:10.1038/s41589-025-02018-8 (August 29, 2025).
  • Tanner, C., V. Wall, J. Portner, A. Jeong, A. Das, J. Utterback, L. Hamerlynck, J. Raybin, M. Hurley, N. Leonard, R. Wai, J. Tan, M. Gababa, C. Zhu, E.G. Schaible, C.J. Tassone, D.T. Limmer, S.W. Teitelbaum, D.V. Talapin, and N.S. Ginsberg, “Enhancing nanoscale charged colloid crystallization near a metastable liquid binodal,” Nature Physics (2025), doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02996-5 (August 26, 2025).
  • Zega, T., T.J. McCoy, S.S. Russell, L.P. Keller, Z. Gainsforth, S.A. Singerling, V.R. Manga, C. Harrison, G. Libourel, B.S. Prince, K. Thomas-Keprta, A. King, M. Portail, V. Guigoz, V. Tu, L. Le, M. Thompson, M.C. Benner, N.A. Kerrison, J.J. Barnes, I. Ong, P. Haenecour, L. Chaves, L. Smith, M. Kontogiannis, N. Vega Santiago, D. Hill, Z. Zeszut, K. Domanik, Y.-J. Chang, C.M. Corrigan, S. Ray, L.R. Wardell, T. Gooding, T.R. Rose, H.C. Bates, P.F. Schofield, N.V. Almeida, T. Salge, J. Najorka, L.B. Seifert, N. Lunning, K. Righter, A.N. Nguyen, F.E. Brenker, S.A. Eckley, J.P. Dworkin, R.H. Jones, S.A. Sandford, M.A. Marcus, H.A. Bechtel, G. Dominguez, H. Yurimoto, N. Kawasaki, K. Bajo, N. Sakamoto, P.-M. Zanetta, S. Tachibana, H. Busemann, V.E. Hamilton, I.A. Franchi, M. Grady, R.C. Greenwood, K.T. Tait-Sena, N. Timms, P. Bland, F. Jourdan, S.M. Reddy, W. Rickard, D. Saxey, L. Vincze, H.C. Connolly, and D.S. Lauretta, “Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples,” Nature Geoscience (2025), doi:10.1038/s41561-025-01741-0 (August 22, 2025).
  • Su, R., J. Chai, Y. Pei, Y. Olanrewaju, L. Yan, J. Neu, J. Mauthe, K. Stewart, S. kashani, N. Chaturvedi, S. Nikodemski, J.H. Vella, A. Amassian, D.S. Ginger, J. Kim, H.W. Ade, W. You, and F. So, “Two-Stage Bipolaron Formation in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers,” Advanced Materialse04357 (2025), doi:10.1002/adma.202504357 (August 6, 2025).

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