Science Highlights
Below, you will find a summary of the very latest science highlights from across all three CARS sectors. This includes publications in various scientitific journals, magazines, and even published books. Be sure to check back often to see what is new!
You can find full listings of of science highlights and publications for each individual sector using the links on the right side of this page.
Science Highlights and Publications
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Direct visualization of electric-field-stimulated ion conduction in a potassium channel
Lee, B., White, K. I., Socolich, M., Klureza, M. A., Henning, R., Srajer, V., Ranganathan, R., and Hekstra, D. R. (2025) Cell 188, 77-88.e15.
Observation of Exceptional Stability in a Nonlinear Optical Crystal Under Extreme Conditions
Y. Wang, V. T. Barone, S. V. Khare, A. Yang, D. Zhang, Y. J. Ryu, S. Menon, W. Zhou, P. S. Kanthan, M. Kozel, Observation of Exceptional Stability in a Nonlinear Optical Crystal Under Extreme Conditions. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2412747....
New high-pressure Fe-Ti oxide minerals in the Shergotty Martian meteorite: Feiite, Fe2+2(Fe2+Ti4+)O5, liuite, FeTiO3, and tschaunerite, (Fe2+)(Fe2+Ti4+)O4
Ma, Chi, Oliver Tschauner, John R. Beckett, and Vitali B. Prakapenka. “New high‐pressure Fe‐Ti oxide minerals in the Shergotty Martian meteorite: Feiite, Fe2+ 2 (Fe2+ Ti4+) O5, liuite, FeTiO3, and tschaunerite,(Fe2+)(Fe2+ Ti4+) O4.” Meteoritics & Planetary...
Synthesis and Stability of High-Energy-Density Niobium Nitrides under High-Pressure Conditions
Huawei Chen, Maxim Bykov, Iskander G. Batyrev, Lukas Brüning, Elena Bykova, Mohammad F. Mahmood, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Timofey Fedotenko, Konstantin Glazyrin, Mohamed Mezouar, Gaston Garbarino, Andrew Steele, and Alexander F. Goncharov, Synthesis and...
Production of highly silicic 3.9 to 4.27 Ga crust on the Moon
Trail, D., N. D. Tailby, M. R. Ackerson, M. Barboni, M. Newville, A. Lanzirotti, and K. D. McKeegan. “Production of highly silicic 3.9 to 4.27 Ga crust on the Moon.” Geochemical Perspectives Letters 33, no. 33 (2024): 27-31.
High-Pressure Synthesis of oP28-C3N4 Recoverable to Ambient Conditions
D. Laniel, F. Trybel, W. Zhou, A. Aslandukov, J. Spender, F. Tasnádi, T. Fedotenko, U. Ranieri, A. Liang, A. Aslandukova, F. I. Akbar, Y. Yin, S. Chariton, A. Pakhomova, G. Garbarino, M. Mezouar, M. Hanfland, V. Prakapenka, I. A. Abrikosov, L. Dubrovinsky, N....
Nanotwinned alloys under high pressure
Melody M. Wang, Ruoqi Dang, Abhinav Parakh, Andrew C. Lee, Zhi Li, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jiyun Kang, Yong-Wei Zhang, Andrea M. Hodge, Huajian Gao, X. Wendy Gu, Nanotwinned alloys under high pressure, Acta Materialia, Volume 285, 2025, 120654,ISSN...
Lead Adsorption and Desorption at the Barite (001) Surface in the Presence of EDTA
Amanda Dorfman, Anna K. Wanhala, Sang Soo Lee, Peter J. Eng, Joanne E. Stubbs, Lexi Kenis, and Jacquelyn N. Bracco, Lead Adsorption and Desorption at the Barite (001) Surface in the Presence of EDTA, ACS ES&T Water Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00836
Nanoscale Analyses of X‑ray Amorphous Material from Terrestrial Ultramafic Soils Record Signatures of Environmental Conditions Useful for Interpreting Past Martian Conditions
Anthony Feldman, Elisabeth Hausrath, Elizabeth Rampe, Thomas Sharp, Oliver Tschauner, Antonio Lanzirotti, and Mathew Newville, Nanoscale Analyses of X-ray Amorphous Material from Terrestrial Ultramafic Soils Record Signatures of Environmental Conditions Useful for...
Cysteine Rich Intestinal Protein 2 is a copper-responsive regulator of skeletal muscle differentiation and metal homeostasis
Verdejo-Torres, Odette, David C. Klein, Lorena Novoa-Aponte, Jaime Carrazco-Carrillo, Denzel Bonilla-Pinto, Antonio Rivera, Arpie Bakhshian et al. “Cysteine Rich Intestinal Protein 2 is a copper-responsive regulator of skeletal muscle differentiation and metal...