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Tracking Heat-Driven Decay in Leading Electric Vehicle Batteries
Scientists at Brookhaven Lab reveal reveal the atomic-scale structural and electronic degradations that plague some rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and make them vulnerable during high-temperature operations.
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Berkeley Lab Study Reveals Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have observed the molecular structure of liquid water at a gold surface under different charging conditions.
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DOE Secretary Helps Usher in New Era of Energy Research at Berkeley Lab
A new building will be the home to lab’s energy storage efforts.
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National Synchrotron Light Source II Achieves 'First Light'
The National Synchrotron Light Source II detects its first photons, beginning a new phase of the facility's operations. Scientific experiments at NSLS-II are expected to begin before the end of the year.
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Brookhaven Lab Launches Computational Science Initiative
Leveraging computational science expertise and investments across the laboratory to tackle "big data" challenges.
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Scientists Use Plasma Shaping to Control Turbulence in Stellarators
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics in Germany have devised a new method for minimizing turbulence in bumpy donut-shaped experimental fusion facilities called stellarators.
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Super Stable Garnet Ceramics May Be Ideal For High-Energy Lithium Batteries
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs.
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Puzzling New Behavior Found in High-Temperature Superconductors
Research by an international team led by SLAC and Stanford scientists has uncovered a new, unpredicted behavior in a copper oxide material that becomes superconducting – conducting electricity without any loss – at relatively high temperatures.
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DOE’s High-Speed Network to Boost Big Data Transfers by Extending 100G Connectivity Across Atlantic
New capabilities improve network speeds between European facilities and U.S. research sites, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
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Atomic Trigger Shatters Mystery of How Glass Deforms
A new study at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has cracked one mystery of glass to shed light on the mechanism that triggers its deformation before shattering.
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Protons Hog the Momentum in Neutron-Rich Nuclei
A team of researchers, including scientists from Old Dominion University, Penn State and Florida International University, used data from experiments at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility to show that protons and neutrons that have briefly paired up in the nucleus have higher-average momentum.
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Could I Squeeze By You? Ames National Laboratory Scientists Model Molecular Movement Within Narrow Channels of Mesoporous Nanoparticles
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory have developed deeper understanding of the ideal design for mesoporous nanoparticles used in catalytic reactions, such as hydrocarbon conversion to biofuels.
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