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![Valerie Brogden poses next to the the Noble Dome, a transparent dome with gloves attached, connected directly to a microscope.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-11/Noble%20Dome-1.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=DO9HvgGc)
November 22, 2024
Invented at the University of Oregon, the Noble Dome enables air-free sample transfers into electron microscopes, limiting damage to materials and harm to people.
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
![Kayla Nguyen looks down, smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-12/071A3015.jpg?h=6a993afc&itok=1SRmdTZX)
November 12, 2024
A UO physicist prioritizes making complex concepts easily understood.
Arts and Sciences
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
Graduate School
Microscopy
Physics
![any small arrows form an image of a swirling vortex and lines along a flat plane. The arrows are colored in red and blue to represent the direction of travel.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-08/computerskyromions.png?h=80e32630&itok=yDqGtd85)
September 26, 2024
A UO physicist is investigating unique magnetic field patterns and their possible connection to hurricanes and black holes.
Arts and Sciences
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
Physics
![Three computer stations with people sitting at them or walking past them seen through glass doors.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2023-11/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%285%29.png?h=c44fcfa1&itok=ftAUqyAl)
November 8, 2023
Technical expertise, hands-on training key features of materials analysis graduate program housed in UO core facility.
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
Chemistry
Microscopy
![Transmission electron microscope image.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2023-11/Interference%20fringes.jpg?h=ca9c4548&itok=CSN_vxxo)
November 7, 2023
The UO’s transmission electron microscope serves multiple departments, is a teaching tool, and is widely used by other institutions.
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
Microscopy
![A microscope image of shocked quartz, which shows a diagonal black line across the surface of a quartz crystal.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2023-11/ABU%20301-2%2036x-04_CL%20pan-color_003b.jpg?h=00d14783&itok=82OnW7y0)
November 2, 2023
What a black line in a chunk of quartz can tell us about meteorite impact at historically important sites.
Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
Earth sciences