Rapid Warming of the Atlantic is Source of Recent Pacific Climate Trends
UH Mānoa climate scientists have partnered with Australian colleagues to solve a puzzle that has challenged scientists for over a decade.
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a laser-timing system that could allow scientists to take snapshots of electrons zipping around atoms and molecules.
Read more about Catching Chemistry in MotionEnhancing Biofuel Yields from Biomass with Novel New Method
UC Riverside engineers develop versatile platform technology to produce biofuels more efficiently.
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Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a technique for generating acoustic bottles in open air that can bend the paths of sound waves along prescribed convex trajectories.
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A team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University with scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Montana have uncovered key attributes of so-called "brown carbon," atmospheric particles that play an important role in warming the atmosphere but are poorly understood.
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A team of chemists from New York University and the University of Cambridge has developed a method for examining the inner workings of battery-like devices called supercapacitors, which can be charged up extremely quickly and can deliver high electrical power.
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Finding by MIT researchers could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.
Read more about Light Pulses Control Graphene’s Electrical BehaviorIndiana University Chemists Demonstrate 'bricks-and-mortar' Assembly of New Molecular Structures
This development has potential value for the field of organic electronic devices such as field-effect transistors and photovoltaic cells.
Read more about Indiana University Chemists Demonstrate 'bricks-and-mortar' Assembly of New Molecular StructuresNanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalyst Efficiently Converts CO2 to Methanol
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol – a key commodity used to create a wide range of industrial chemicals and fuels.
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have created synthetic molecules that can stand in for natural sugars, but can be more easily manipulated.
Read more about Sugar Mimics Guide Stem Cells Toward Neural FateNew Type of Energy Storage Device Opens Possible Solutions to Energy Challenges
Scientists at the The University of Texas at Austin and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have developed the first of a new class of pseudocapacitor that may eventually lead to devices that can store electricity more densely and charge/discharge more quickly than current pseudocapacitors.
Read more about New Type of Energy Storage Device Opens Possible Solutions to Energy ChallengesPhysicists Unlock Nature of High-temperature Superconductivity
Physicists at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cornell University, and Brookhaven Lab have identified the “quantum glue” that underlies a promising type of superconductivity — a crucial step towards the creation of energy superhighways that conduct electricity without current loss.
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