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Geometric image of multicolored lines extending from a gray, rectangular structure
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Brian Long
Co-PI Andrew Jayich will use the new technology to create ion traps like the one shown here, in which colors indicate independent electrodes to control trapped ions.

Galan Moody leads successful effort to secure $1.3 million for advanced 3D printing

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Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.
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Gorodenkoff via iStock
Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.
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Composite headshots of M. Scott Shell and Beth Pruitt
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Matt Perko; courtesy
M. Scott Shell, left, and Beth Pruitt, right
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2024 Goldwater scholars
Clockwise, from left: Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena
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the cellular development of an embryonic tooth
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Neha Pincha Shroff and Pengfei Xu
Tooth epithelium (cell surface; yellow) and mesenchyme (cell surface; magenta). Proliferating cells (cyan) expand the tissue, generating a mechanical pressure at the tissue center that drives the formation of the main tooth signaling center or organizer, the enamel knot.
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The 14 members of the Biopacific Group pose outside Elings Hall
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The NSF BioPACIFIC MIP group.