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As of September 2026: Led the study
The solar system's first solid bodies were built mostly from heat-forged rock, not ice. Chemical tracers in ancient iron meteorites show the earliest planetesimals were 83% to 92% chondrules, with only 8% to 17% of the fine, ice-rich dust scientists call matrix.
Updated Sep 23
As of May 2026: Lead institution for manganese catalyst research
Two breakthroughs in energy materials are making cleaner power more practical. Yale and University of Missouri researchers showed manganese converts CO₂ into formate, outperforming precious-metal catalysts that cost thousands of times more, while perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells crossed 34% efficiency in commercial production.
Updated May 27
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