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What Makes Science, Science? Research, Shared Effort ... & A New Office of Science Website
What makes science, science? To find out, click into the new Office of Science (SC) website.
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Glass Stronger than Steel
A new type of damage-tolerant metallic glass, demonstrating a strength and toughness beyond that of steel or any other known material, has been developed and tested by a collaboration of researchers from Berkeley Lab and Caltech.
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Premier Tools of Energy Research Also Probe Secrets of Viral Disease
Advanced light sources peer into matter at the atomic and molecular scales, with applications ranging from physics, chemistry, materials science, and advanced energy research, to biology and medicine.
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Firm Uses DOE’s Fastest Supercomputer to Streamline Long-Haul Trucks
Sophisticated simulation on the world’s fastest computer for science makes trucks more aerodynamic, saves fuel, helps environment.
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Detecting Nuclear Threats
Plasma physics challenge yields portable nuclear detector for homeland security.
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The Breakthrough Behind the Chevy Volt Battery
A revolutionary breakthrough cathode for lithium-ion batteries—the kind in your cell phone, laptop and new hybrid cars—makes them last longer, run more safely and perform better than batteries currently on the market.
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Cooking Up Hot Quark Soup
Near-light-speed collisions of gold ions provide a recipe for in-depth explorations of matter and fundamental forces.
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The discovery of element 117 increases evidence for the "island of stability" in super-heavy nuclei, opening new frontiers of chemistry.
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New Catalyst Opens Way to Next-Generation Fuel Cells
A new highly stable catalyst developed at Brookhaven Lab lowers barriers to commercial use of fuel cells in vehicles and stationary applications.
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From Gasoline to Grassoline: Microbes Produce Fuels Directly from Biomass
A microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel directly from biomass was developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Fundamental studies in catalysis enabled the use of efficient “lean-burn” engines for vehicle transportation.
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Graphene: Amazing Material Found Thanks to Scotch Tape and Persistent Science
What do you get when you combine pencil lead, scotch tape, and persistent science? A Nobel Prize . . . and a new world of potential applications.
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