IceCube Sees Highest-Energy Neutrino Ever Found
IceCube scientists reported the observation of an even higher-energy neutrino event, one that offers scientists the best hope yet that they will be able to use ultra-high-energy neutrinos to find the source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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Two Spin Liquids Square Off in an Iron-Based Superconductor
A recent study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), describes how an iron-telluride material related to a family of high-temperature superconductors develops superconductivity with no long-range electronic or magnetic order when "doped" with a small amount of sulfur.
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Berkeley Lab Spinoff Company Makes Fast, Accurate Nanoscale Sensor
Optokey’s “biochemical nose” can be used in food safety, medical diagnosis, chemical analysis, and a wide array of other fields.
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Scientists Propose an Explanation for Puzzling Electron Heat Loss in Fusion Plasmas
Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and a team of collaborators have proposed an explanation for why the hot plasma within fusion facilities called tokamaks sometimes fails to reach the required temperature, even as researchers pump beams of fast-moving neutral atoms into the plasma in an effort to make it hotter.
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Gut Microbes Affect Circadian Rhythms in Mice
A study including researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago found evidence that gut microbes affect circadian rhythms and metabolism in mice.
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Brookhaven Lab Study Explores Nanoscale Structure of Thin Films
Result opens new doors in thin-film research and provides early confirmation of the expected impact of the National Synchrotron Light Source II.
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Remote Region Promotes Remote-Control Science
Researchers are using remote-controlled unmanned aerial systems in Oliktok Point, Alaska, this summer to collect hard-to-gather data with the ultimate aim of improving climate models.
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In the International Year of Soils, EMSL Researchers Dig Deep
Researchers at EMSL study the components and inhabitants of soil communities, gathering data to better understand and model how factors – agriculture, climate changes, ecosystems activities – change soil chemistry.
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Magnetism at Nanoscale
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory are building a unique optical magnetometer to probe magnetism at the nano- and mesoscale.
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One Higgs is the Loneliest Number
Physicists discovered one type of Higgs boson in 2012. Now they’re looking for more. There could be more types, since two primary theories – compositeness and Supersymmetry - predict multiple Higgs particles.
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Meet the High-Performance Single-Molecule Diode
A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab and Columbia University has passed a major milestone in molecular electronics with the creation of the world’s highest-performance single-molecule diode.
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Researchers Build Bacteria’s Photosynthetic Engine
Scientists used the Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create a 100-million-atom simulation of a chromatophore, providing an unprecedented look at how bacteria harvest light for food.
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