![UCSB-polymers-080714-thumb.jpg Studying a polymer that could heal under moist conditions, or underwater.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2014/UCSB-polymers-080714-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=445EC1F95171D04702408ED21FB27E76099CA5D4636947A897565FD9AFF3385F)
The Fix Is In
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara synthesize a polymer that can repair itself in wet conditions.
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RHIC Run 14: a Flawless 'Run of Firsts'
Brookhaven's atom smasher produced more gold collisions than all previous runs combined, and collided Helium-3 and Gold for the first time.
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U.S. Department of Energy Increases Access to Results of DOE-funded Scientific Research
The Energy Department has launched the Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science – PAGES – a web-based portal that will provide free public access to accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts or published scientific journal articles within 12 months of publication.
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Refrigerator Magnets
New theory formulated by MIT researchers predicts magnets may act as wireless cooling agents.
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Instrumentation Division Nears Production Phase for LSST Camera Sensors at Brookhaven Lab
Precision assembly is required to capture the clearest and most extensive picture of the cosmos.
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X-ray Laser Measures Leaping Electrons
SLAC experiment provides new insight about how electrons move across molecules.
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Getting a Charge Out of Water Droplets
MIT researchers discover water condensing and jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricity.
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Happy Birthday, NERSC
Four researchers celebrate the 40th birthday of Berkeley Lab’s supercomputing center by sharing stories of its illuminating science.
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Uncertainty Gives Scientists New Confidence in Search for Novel Materials
SLAC, Stanford advance will benefit thousands of computational studies in wide range of fields.
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From Human Genome to Materials “Genome”
Government initiative seeks to speed the pace of materials discovery and innovation.
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Consider the ‘Anticrystal’
Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago have evidence that a new concept should undergird our understanding of most materials: the anticrystal, a theoretical solid that is completely disordered.
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Up in Flames: Evidence Confirms Combustion Theory
Berkeley Lab and University of Hawaii research outlines the story of soot, with implications for cleaner-burning fuels.
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