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Ralph Nuzzo, Jennifer Lewis and fellow researchers have developed a method for self-assembly of three-dimensional silicon solar cells. Their research will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. UIUC News Bureau article. John Rogers has determined that droplets of fluid in fiber optic channels can increase the speeds of data-carrying photons. The concept has the possibility of increasing Internet speeds and capacity and has progressed to the prototype stage. The Globe and Mail article. Yi Lu and his research team have discovered that by adjusting the hydrophobicity and the hydrogen bonding in a protein, they can raise or lower the redox potential, without changing the protein’s electron-transfer properties or decreasing the protein’s efficiency. This research could lead to the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy conversion. UIUC News Bureau article. Taekjip Ha and his colleagues found that single-stranded DNA-binding protein travels along single-stranded DNA, regulating the recombination or replication of the strands and is critical to DNA repair. Their study appeared in the October 21 issue of the journal Nature. UIUC News Bureau article.
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