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SLAC’s X-ray Laser Glimpses How Electrons Dance with Atomic Nuclei in Materials
Studies at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory could help design and control materials with intriguing properties, including novel electronics, solar cells and superconductors.
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Argonne Ahead of the "Curve" in Magnetic Study
A new study by Argonne researchers determined that magnetic skyrmions – small electrically uncharged circular structures with a spiraling magnetic pattern – do get deflected by an applied current, much like a curveball getting deflected by air.
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Melissa Allen: The Atmosphere's the Limit
Melissa Allen’s work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is focused on urban infrastructure and atmospheric transport, creating models to determine the effects of temperature and climate changes on human activity.
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Ames Laboratory Discovers Way to Make Alane a Better Hydrogen Fuel Option for Vehicles
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, in collaboration with several partners, have discovered a less-expensive, more energy-efficient way to produce alane – aluminum trihydride – a hydrogen source widely considered to be a technological dead-end for use in automotive vehicles.
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Take the Best, Leave the Rest
Fundamental researchers offer new ways to sort molecules for clean energy and more.
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A Conscious Coupling of Magnetic and Electric Materials
Scientists at Berkeley Lab and Cornell University have successfully paired ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic materials so that their alignment can be controlled with a small electric field at near room temperatures, an achievement that could open doors to ultra low-power microprocessors, storage devices and next-generation electronics.
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'Schroedinger's Cat' Molecules Give Rise to Exquisitely Detailed Movies
Researchers at the Stanford PULSE Institute and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have exploited the Schroedinger’s Cat paradox - that an atom or molecule can also be in two different states at once - to create X-ray movies of atomic motion with much more detail than ever before.
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Nanoscale Tetrapods Could Provide Early Warning of a Material’s Failure
Berkeley Lab scientists are developing a new way to detect microscopic fractures in materials in the field.
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Supercomputers Receive Funding to Help Predict and Modify New Materials
The Department of Energy (DOE) will invest $16 million over the next four years in supercomputer technology that will accelerate the design of new materials by combining theoretical and experimental efforts to create new validated codes.
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Study Yields New Knowledge About Materials for Ultrasound and Other Applications
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their research partners have used neutron scattering to discover the key to piezoelectric excellence in the newer materials, which are called relaxor-based ferroelectrics.
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Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene
Former Argonne postdoctoral researcher Diana Berman and Argonne nanoscientist Anirudha Sumant, along with several collaborators, developed a new and inexpensive way to grow pure graphene using a diamond substrate.
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ORNL Neutron Science Facilities Welcome 20,000th User
In August, the High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Spallation Neutron Source—both U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facilities at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory—reached a milestone with the arrival of Irina Nesmelova, the facilities’ 20,000th user.
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