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Lighting the Way to Graphene-based Devices
Berkeley Lab researchers use light to dope graphene boron nitride heterostructures.
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UT Arlington Particle Physics Team Awarded $2.5 Million Grant
The funding, which begins this month, represents a 25 percent increase from previous Energy Department base award grants to the College of Science’s Center of Excellence in High Energy Physics – a hearty recognition of the innovative ideas and research under way at The University of Texas at Arlington.
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The Department of Energy Invites Nominations for the 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Enrico Fermi Awards
Nominations for the 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Enrico Fermi Awards are being accepted until July 31, 2014.
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A Tipping Point for Lignin
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory offer a new view of an organic polymer often dismissed as a worthless by-product.
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CEBAF Beam Goes Over the Hump
The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has achieved the final two accelerator commissioning milestones needed for approval to start experimental operations following its first major upgrade.
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University of Houston Physicists Look for Answers to Questions about the Universe
Experiments involving neutrinos and leptons may offer answers to fundamental questions.
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Novel ORNL Technique Enables Air-Stable Water Droplet Networks
New method will be valuable for applications in biological sensing and membrane research.
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Cyanobacterial Consortia Shed New Light on Phototrophic Biofilm Assembly
Model "microecosystems" used to study producer-consumer interaction networks in microbial mats.
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Sweet Applications From Salty Adaptations
Joint Genome Institute’s study of a salt-tolerant fungus could lead to significant improvements in agriculture.
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Ames Lab Creates Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Cheaper, Cleaner Biofuel
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs.
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Scientists Find Solution to Two Long-Standing Mysteries of Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductivity
Findings unequivocally link two "personality" changes of electrons at critical point.
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Plants' Oil-Desaturating Enzymes Pair Up to Channel Metabolites
Study raises possibility of linking up enzymes to tailor pathways for increased production of useful plant products.
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