Speedy Ion Conduction in Solid electrolytes Clears Road for Advanced Energy Devices
A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has used state-of-the-art microscopy to identify a previously undetected feature, about 5 billionths of a meter (nanometers) wide, in a solid electrolyte.
Read more about Speedy Ion Conduction in Solid electrolytes Clears Road for Advanced Energy DevicesThe Physics of the Middle: Keji Lai
PECASE recipient develops new ways to study physics at the mesoscale.
Read more about The Physics of the Middle: Keji LaiHonoring Federally-Funded Scientists and Engineers at the Forefront of Research and Discovery
President Obama welcomed more than 100 leading scientists and engineers from around the world to thank them for their work on some of the most challenging and complex issues in science and technology.
Read more about Honoring Federally-Funded Scientists and Engineers at the Forefront of Research and DiscoveryHow Ameriflux Helped Determine the Impact of the 2012 U.S. Drought on the Carbon Cycle
To map the carbon flux across the nation during the 2012 drought, an international team of scientists used a network of 22 “carbon-sensing” towers in the continental United States - part of the Ameriflux network, a community of scientists and sites that measure ecosystem carbon, water, and energy fluxes in North and South America.
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SLAC’s 2-mile-long linac, the longest linear accelerator ever built, produced its first particle beams 50 years ago and has been the lab’s backbone for accelerator-driven science ever since.
Read more about SLAC’s Historic Linac Turns 50 and Gets a MakeoverScientists Challenge Conventional Wisdom to Improve Predictions of the Bootstrap Current at the Edge of Fusion Plasmas
PPPL researchers used the Mira supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to challenge conventional understanding of the bootstrap current in a tokamak, modeling the self-generating electric current in a steep gradient region where the temperature and density drop off sharply.
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Using NERSC’s Edison supercomputer, researchers found that by applying strain to aluminum nitride, one could create structural defects that may be harnessed as qubits similar to the one seen in diamond.
Read more about Could Aluminum Nitride Produce Quantum Bits?Making Waves on Mira
Researchers used the Mira supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to validate a new “wave-like” theoretical model for the van der Waals force, demonstrating that this long-range interaction can be significantly enhanced at the nanoscale.
Read more about Making Waves on MiraA Cleansing Rain Falls; A Soil-Filled Mist Arises
Raindrop splash is a surprise source of fine soil particles in the atmosphere.
Read more about A Cleansing Rain Falls; A Soil-Filled Mist ArisesDOE’s Office of Science Selects 49 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
Program provides support to exceptional researchers.
Read more about DOE’s Office of Science Selects 49 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program FundingSupercooled Cavities for Particle Acceleration
Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II are accelerating electrons at nearly the speed of light, using liquid helium and liquid nitrogen to create the extremely low temperatures needed for the electrons to flow with less resistance.
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Successful Competition Highlights Importance of Investing in Next Generation of Leaders in Science
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