Ph.D. candidate Josie Libero-Cruzado and Ph.D. student Becca Manns, along with faculty advisors Frederic Poineau and Dan Koury (all Chemistry and Biochemistry), recently published an article in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Their research, "Diffusion and phase formation in the γ-uranium-technetium system," expands on known uranium-technetium alloys by identifying four novel intermetallic phases: - U7Tc3, U13Tc12, U3Tc5, and UTc4. This work also provides the first diffusion coefficients for the uranium-technetium system, significantly contributing to actinide metallurgy. Analysis was conducted at UNLV's Microanalysis & Imaging Laboratory (EMiL) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The research was supported by the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration through the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium.