Do you work on #photovoltaic #solar cell materials? We’re calling for research that studies their design, fabrication & testing for an interdisciplinary Collection. Deadline in December! #CallforPapers #PLOSONE collections.plos.org/s/solar-cells

Liftoff!

We have liftoff. History is made as NASA Astronauts launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the first time in nine years on the SpaceX Crew Dragon:

"This day heralds a new era of space exploration. That's what it's all about." @ElonMusk reminds us that this mission is only the beginning: We're also looking forward to future missions to the Moon and Mars.

As we ring in 2021, we will be toasting not just the New Year — or all of the #minerals used in fireworks — but also our newfound opportunities to strengthen our mineral security, thanks to language included in the omnibus from Sen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s American Mineral Security Act.

In 1998 Walter Kohn, a physicist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the density-functional theory." As a young Jewish boy growing up in Austria during the holocaust, Kohn had a tough start to life. Read his bio: bit.ly/37p5VVT

I have dreamt about this moment since I was a child, but going to space was more magical than I ever imagined virg.in/4wYm #Unity22 Virgin Galactic

The #QIP2022 #QuantumChess tournament has begun! 🏆⚛️♟️ Follow the bra-ket here: cvent.me/DXQ24b?RefId=C… The final rounds of the tournament will be broadcasted online and hosted by IM Kostya Kavutskiy 📹 Good luck to all the participants!

#apsmarch meeting in-person after the pandemic.

At MRS spring 2022 meeting!

Beloved professor and Nobel Laureate John Goodenough turns 100 this month! Celebrate and tune in to his 100th birthday symposium featuring materials experts from around the world on 7/22: bit.ly/goodenough-sym… #Goodenough100

🚨 JUST PASSED: The #CHIPSandScience Act science.house.gov/chipsandscienc…

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on ScienceInsider.

Pls, consider submitting your manuscript for Scientific Reports (Springer Nature)- research on crystalline defects & their properties, & how it is possible to exploit them in exciting applications! #springernature #scientificReports nature.com/collections/df…

Thanks Elon Musk. We offer it every semester at SJSU. (MatE 25- introduction to materials)! A must-course for future scientists and engineers!

BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”

TIME's Best Inventions of 2022: 200 extraordinary innovations changing our lives ti.me/3Uosjby

Who is winning the patent race🏁? Over the last three decades, the ranking of #patent offices where inventors filed the most patent applications has changed a lot. See for yourself 👇 #WIPI22

Most Read in the past 30 days: "Direct Visualization of Subnanometer Variations in the Excitonic Spectra of 2D/3D Semiconductor/Metal Heterostructures" by Idrobo et al. go.acs.org/3QK

If you want a detailed explanation of why I switched Starship from carbon fiber to stainless steel