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SLAC Secures Role in Energy Frontier Research Center Focused on Next-generation Materials

The Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will play a key role in a research consortium that seeks out new materials for next-generation solar panels, low-energy lighting and other uses.

Getting Insights Into a New Class of Semiconducting Materials

A new paper by University of Notre Dame researchers describes their investigations of the fundamental optical properties of a new class of semiconducting materials known as organic-inorganic “hybrid” perovskites.

Jefferson Lab Accelerator Upgrade Completed: Initial Operations Set to Begin While Experimental Equipment Upgrades Continue

The Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (“Jefferson Lab”) has just received formal approval from DOE to begin initial operations of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) as part of its ongoing $338 million upgrade.

Eco-friendly ‘Pre-fab Nanoparticles’ Could Revolutionize Nano Manufacturing

A team of materials chemists, polymer scientists, device physicists and others at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today report a breakthrough technique for controlling molecular assembly of nanoparticles over multiple length scales that should allow faster, cheaper, more ecologically friendly manufacture of organic photovoltaics and other electronic devices.

NERSC Launches Next-Generation Code Optimization Effort

NERSC, Intel, Cray team up to prepare users for transition to exascale computing.

Water’s Reaction with Metal Oxides Opens Doors for Researchers

In a paper published recently in the journal Nature Communications, Manos Mavrikakis, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his collaborators report fundamental discoveries about how water reacts with metal oxides.

Open Access to the Universe

A small team of astrophysicists and computer scientists have created some of the highest-resolution snapshots yet of a cyber version of our own cosmos.

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Catching Chemistry in Motion

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.

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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.

The Fix Is In

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara synthesize a polymer that can repair itself in wet conditions.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Sheds Light on "Brown" Carbon's Role in Warming the Planet

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.