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In a new study, scientists from Duke University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) probed one such superionic crystal containing copper, chromium and selenium (CuCrSe2) with neutrons and X-rays to determine how the material’s copper ions achieve their liquid-like properties.
Read more about Copper Ions Flow Like Liquid through the Frozen Atomic Network of a Crystal
Indiana University's place on the front lines of research on the mysterious subatomic particles known as neutrinos was on display June 4 to 9 at the 28th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics in Heidelberg, Germany.
Read more about Antineutrinos and 'Sterile' Neutrinos: IU Scientists Contribute to New Advances in Particle Physics
Olivia Hull, a doctoral student in Christine Aiken's research group at Kansas State University, has been awarded a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship to support her research into physical chemistry.
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Six scientists from across the country have begun a two-year program at Argonne National Laboratory dedicated to build their energy and science technologies into products. They are the second annual cohort for the Chain Reaction Innovations program, which provides an institutional home for the postdoctoral researchers to develop their innovative technologies.
Read more about Six Entrepreneurs Selected to Develop Innovative Technologies at Argonne
A Northwestern University research team has found ways to stabilize a new battery with a record-high charge capacity. Based on a lithium-manganese-oxide cathode, the breakthrough could enable smart phones and battery-powered automobiles to last more than twice as long between charges.
Read more about Northwestern Researchers Predict Materials to Stabilize Record-high Capacity Lithium-ion Battery
As the 150th anniversary of the formulation of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements looms, a Michigan State University professor probes the table’s limits in a recent Nature Physics Perspective.
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Eric Poliner and a team of MSU scientists in the Farre and Benning labs have released a new genetic engineering toolkit for the alga Nannochloropsis. The alga is of interest for the production of biofuels and other oil-based chemicals.
Read more about A New DNA Editing Toolkit for the Alga Nannochloropsis
A new atomic force microscopy (AFM) method reveals that structural water in tungsten oxide results in smaller deformation rates from ion intercalation, an unexpected finding on the role of structural water that can enable materials with higher power and efficiency energy storage devices.
Read more about Microscopy Advance Reveals Unexpected Role for Water in Energy Storage Material
For nearly 20 years, TRAX light rail trains have shuttled riders up and down the Salt Lake Valley, saving countless car trips and sparing Salt Lake’s air tons upon tons of petroleum-powered pollutants.
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found new evidence suggesting that batteries based on sodium and potassium hold promise as a potential alternative to lithium-based batteries.
Read more about Sodium- and Potassium-based Batteries Hold Promise for Cheap Energy Storage
New work by Rice University chemical engineers may make it easier to characterize unconventional oil or gas shale formations.
Read more about Rice U. Engineers Advance NMR Models for Oil and Gas
Scientists at the UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have invented a new way to synthesize DNA that promises to be easier and faster, does not require the use of toxic chemicals and is potentially more accurate.
Read more about New DNA Synthesis Technique Promises Rapid, High-Fidelity DNA Printing
