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A Road Trip to Test a Magnetic Cloak at Argonne National Laboratory

In December, five students from Stony Brook University in New York and their research professor, Nils Feege, loaded a prototype of a magnetic cloak into an SUV and set off for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, nearly 900 miles away.

Diamonds That Deliver

Neutrons, simulation analysis of tRNA-nanodiamond combo could transform drug delivery design principles.

Getting to Know Meteors Better

X-ray studies of meteorite samples planned at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) will provide new insights about the microscopic makeup of an asteroid’s constituent material, and breakup of meteoroids in the atmosphere.

ADIOS Version 1.11 Moves I/O Framework from Research to Production

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced the latest release of its Adaptable I/O System (ADIOS), a middleware that speeds up scientific simulations on parallel computing resources such as the laboratory’s Titan supercomputer by making input/output operations more efficient.

A New Paradigm in Parachute Design

scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab’s) Advanced Light Source (ALS) are working on new X-ray-based tabletop experiments that simulate parachute fabric performance in the extreme conditions of other planets’ atmospheres in microscopic detail.

The Global Reach of DUNE

DUNE — the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment — is a multinational effort to address the biggest questions in neutrino physics, currently the largest particle physics project being undertaken anywhere in the world, and hosted in the United States by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

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The Heat is On

X-rays reveal how simulated atmospheric entry conditions impact spacecraft shielding.

There and Back Again: Catalyst Mediates Energy-Efficient Proton Transport for Reversibility

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that a complex with a proton pathway and stabilized by outer coordination sphere interactions is reversible for hydrogen production/oxidation at room temperature and pressure.

Researchers Catch Extreme Waves with High-Resolution Modeling

Using decades of global climate data generated at a spatial resolution of about 25 kilometers squared, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) were able to capture the formation of tropical cyclones, also referred to as hurricanes and typhoons, and the extreme waves that they generate.

Army Researchers Use Neutrons to Study Ceramic Material as Possible Lightweight Vehicle Armor

The U.S. Army Research Lab and Australian Defence Science and Technology Group are collaborating to study ceramic materials for potential use in the design of military vehicle armor using neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor.

Erin Webb: Exploring the Possibilities of a Bioeconomy

Agricultural engineer Erin Webb studies biomass at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to understand how plants can be harvested, stored, processed, and transported to produce fuels or bio-derived materials for 3D printing.

Next-Gen Dark Matter Detector in a Race to Finish Line

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, which will be built nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, S.D., is considered one of the best bets yet to determine whether theorized dark matter particles known as WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) actually exist.