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Unexpected Discovery Leads to a Better Battery
An unexpected discovery by a team based at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has led to a rechargeable battery that's as inexpensive as conventional car batteries, but has a much higher energy density.
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Champions in Science Whose Stars are Still Rising: Profile of David Savage
For the run-up to the 2016 National Science Bowl® Finals April 28th to May 2nd, this is the second in a series on previous NSB competitors.
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New Paper Examines Hydrogen at High Pressure
A team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory outlines how they used X-rays to look into the interior of a hydrogen target, looking for free electrons to appear in high pressure shock waves formed when hydrogen is shot with a high-energy laser beam.
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'Odd Couple' Monolayer Semiconductors Align to Advance Optoelectronics
A research group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has shown that different lattice constants – for creating transistor and semiconductor substrates - can be grown together to form a perfectly aligned stacking bilayer material.
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Mapping a Path to Improved Cassava Production
Comparative analysis highlights impacts of previous breeding programs on cassava genome.
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Elusive State of Superconducting Matter Discovered after 50 Years
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cornell University, and collaborators have produced the first direct evidence of a state of electronic matter first predicted by theorists in 1964. The discovery, described in a paper published online April 13, 2016, in Nature, may provide key insights into the workings of high-temperature superconductors.
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Powerful Mass Spectrometer Opens New Vistas for Scientists
Unique capability enables researchers to identify molecules involved in processes related to biology, environment and energy.
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DOE Office of Science Update
DOE Office of Science Director Cherry Murray provides an Office of Science Update at the March 2016 Meeting of the American Physical Society.
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New "EA" Biomass Pretreatment Cuts Enzyme Use, Boosts Biofuel Production
Less input, more output. That’s the achievement of a new biomass pretreatment method that could help improve the economics of cellulosic biofuels, the second-generation biofuels made from grasses, wood, and the inedible parts of plants.
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Critical Materials Institute Gains Ten Industrial and Research Affiliates
The Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, has gained ten new affiliates to its research program, seeking ways to eliminate and reduce reliance on rare-earth metals and other materials critical to the success of clean energy technologies.
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Science.gov is Hosting New Interagency Microsites Listing STEM Education and Training Opportunities for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has collaborated with other Federal agencies through the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) and the Science.gov Alliance to establish two new interagency websites designed to connect undergraduate and graduate students with federally-sponsored education and training opportunities in STEM fields.
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Wealth of Unsuspected New Microbes Expands Tree of Life
Bacteria and Archaea from extreme environments like the ones that produce the yellow color in Yellowstone's Morning Glory Pool have reshaped our understanding of the tree of life.
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