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Hops and Jumps Help Lithium Ions Flow Faster in a Solid-state Battery Material Superionic compounds could be key to adopting solid electrolytes in batteries, allowing them to charge faster and more safely.
Developing a System to Make X-ray Free Electron Lasers Even Brighter Researchers developed and tested an ultrafast sample replenishment system for an X-ray laser oscillator.
Hybrid Modeling Improves Predictions of How Water Moves from Land to Atmosphere Artificial intelligence guided by physics principles enables robust predictions of how ecosystems use water under extreme conditions.
Harnessing the Power of Light and Statistics to Improve Handling of Chemicals and Nuclear Material New statistical methods improve spectrophotometric analysis for nuclear and industrial applications.

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Cover art of the journal Dalton Transactions. It depicts the loading and retention of Cr3+ and La3+ into the alkali metal-substituted alpha-zirconium phosphate.

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The Chicago Quantum Computing Testbed at Argonne National Laboratory is the first full-stack, solid-state qubit testbed at a U.S. National Laboratory. Researchers used it to measure industrial-grade qubit wafers and reveal the origin of qubit failure.

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A proton strikes a target nucleus, initiating a nuclear reaction that results in the breakup of the nucleus and the emission of high-energy secondary particles.

Making Every Particle Count: Maximizing Isotope Production for Medicine, National Security, and Beyond

Scientists have analyzed secondary neutrons at BLIP to enhance production efficiency for critical isotopes.

The new sensors, called spectral kernel machines (SKMs) convert optical spectra into diverse environmental knowledge at high speed with low power consumption.

Intelligent Sensors Directly Analyze and Interpret Information in Light

Scientists invented new photodetectors that not only detect but also learn and think based on objects’ optical spectra.

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Spotting a New Culprit in the Hunt for Quantum Noise

Microscopes, x-rays, and spectroscopy tools join forces to identify defects that interfere with delicate superconducting qubit properties.

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X-rays Reveal Why High-Speed Welding Goes Wrong

Scientists used powerful X-rays and computer models to uncover what causes surface defects in laser welds—and how to stop them.

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An atomically thin layer of a honeycomb-like filter which enables sub-atomic separations of isotopes of hydrogen, protons (H) and deuterons (D).

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Microbes Turn Hazardous Waste Into Valuable Products

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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Synthetic Biology, and Robotics Combine to Improve Enzymes

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Filling in the Gaps: AI for Super-Resolution and Diagnostic Recovery

This illustration shows multilayer Laue lenses within the microscope focusing incoming X-rays on the microelectronics sample. It reveals the sample’s internal, nanoscale structure.

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Physicists Propose a New Kind of Laser That Would Fire Neutrinos

The diagram shows the evolution of a copper surface from metal through OH adsorption to Cu2O and Cu(OH). Modulating the voltage enables the X-ray to reveal the surface chemistry as the reaction occurs.

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KATRIN Narrows Down the Range of Neutrinos’ Mass

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When Neutron Stars Collide, Neutrinos Change Flavors

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