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Electrons "Puddle" Under High Magnetic Fields
In a new study, Argonne scientists have discovered a way to confine the behavior of electrons by using extremely high magnetic fields.
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Theory Provides Roadmap in Quest for Quark Soup 'Critical Point'
Thanks to a new development in nuclear physics theory, scientists exploring expanding fireballs that mimic the early universe have new signs to look for as they map out the transition from primordial plasma to matter as we know it.
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Energy Department Transfers Land to City of Oak Ridge as the Community Focuses on Future Economic Development
Today U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and City of Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch formalized an agreement to transfer the Department of Energy’s (DOE) American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) building, along with its 17.12-acres, to the City of Oak Ridge.
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Q&A with CFN Scientist Anibal Boscoboinik
Using surface-science tools and a 2D model system, Boscoboinik studies zeolite catalysts, which are used in oil refining, plastics production, and nitrogen oxide reduction.
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Researchers Use World's Smallest Diamonds to Make Wires Three Atoms Wide
Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a way to use diamondoids – the smallest possible bits of diamond – to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires, just three atoms wide.
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Make-up, Structure, and Function—For Proteins and Research Teams
Brookhaven Lab team develops advanced research tools to help decode mysteries of genetics, improve human health using sound waves.
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Biology and Neutrons Collide to Unlock Secrets of Fish Ear Bones
In a unique pairing of biology and neutron science, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have gained new insights into aquatic biochemistry using the otoliths of the lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens.
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Nanoscale 'Conversations' Create Complex, Multi-Layered Structures
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a way to efficiently create scalable, multilayer, multi-patterned nanoscale structures with unprecedented complexity.
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Ames National Laboratory Develops Solvent-, Catalyst-Free Way to Produce Alkali Metal Hydrides
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory have found a way to create alkali metal hydrides without the use of solvents or catalysts.
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Neutron Diffraction Probes Forms of Carbon Dioxide in Extreme Environments
Through a Deep Carbon Observatory collaboration, Adam Makhluf of the University of California, Los Angeles’s Earth, Space and Planetary Science Department and Chris Tulk of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Chemical and Engineering Materials Division are using neutrons to study the fundamental role carbon dioxide plays in Earth’s carbon cycle, especially in the composition of carbon reservoirs in the deep earth and the evolution of the carbon cycle over time.
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Filling in the Nuclear Data Gaps
Lee Bernstein will lead the renewed Nuclear Data Group to solve common problems for a broad group of stakeholders in the nuclear energy, security, and medical fields at DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
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Laser Pulses Help Scientists Tease Apart Complex Electron Interactions
Time-resolved "stop-action" measurements identify an unusual form of energy loss.
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