Cosmos: Painting with light in three dimensions
A new technique uses photoswitch molecules to create three-dimensional images from pure light.
Better than Star Wars: Chemistry discovery yields 3-D table-top objects crafted from light
A scientist’s dream of 3-D projections like those he saw years ago in a Star Wars movie has led to new technology for making animated 3-D table-top objects by structuring light.
SMU chemist wins prestigious NSF Career Award
SMU chemist Alex Lippert has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Career Award, expected to total $611,000 over five years, to fund his research into alternative internal imaging techniques.
Study solves mystery of how plants use sunlight to tell time via cell protein signaling
Findings of a new study solve a key mystery about the chemistry of how plants tell time so they can flower and metabolize nutrients.
Dallas Innovates: SMU Chemists Find New Way to Break Carbon, Hydrogen Bond
An SMU chemist has found a cheaper, cleaner method to break the stubborn molecular bond between carbon and hydrogen, aiding future development of products derived from petroleum.
Green chemistry: Au naturel catalyst mimics nature to break tenacious carbon-hydrogen bond
A new catalyst for breaking the tough molecular bond between carbon and hydrogen holds the promise of a cleaner, easier, cheaper way to derive products from petroleum.
SMU 2015 research efforts broadly noted in a variety of ways for world-changing impact
SMU scientists and their research have a global reach that is frequently noted, beyond peer publications and media mentions. It was a good year for SMU faculty and student research efforts. Here's a small sampling of public and published acknowledgements during 2015, ranging from research modeling that made the cover of a scientific journal to research findings presented as evidence at government hearings.
SMU chemist Nicolay Tsarevsky wins prestigious National Science Foundation Career Award
SMU chemist Nicolay (Nick) Tsarevsky has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, expected to total $650,000 over five years, to fund his research into new methods of creating polymers — whose uses range from fluorescent materials to drug carriers, to everyday technologies.
NSF CAREER Awards are given to tenure-track faculty members who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research in American colleges and universities.
CBS DFW 11: Too Much ‘Blue Light’ Hinders Sleep
CBS DFW Channel 11 reporter Doug Dunbar covered the blue light research of Brian Zoltowski, an assistant professor in the SMU Department of Chemistry.
Zoltowski's lab was awarded $320,500 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health to continue its research on the impact of blue light on humans and other organisms and how it can stimulate disease.