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Scientists Watch Quantum Dots 'Breathe' in Response to Stress
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory watched nanoscale semiconductor crystals expand and shrink in response to powerful pulses of laser light which could aid in the design of new materials.
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Graphene ‘Gateway’ Discovery Opens Possibilities for Improved Energy Technologies
Selective molecular membrane was discovered by a collaboration of scientists at ORNL’s Fluid Reactions, Structures and Transport Energy Frontier Research Center, including researchers at Northwestern, Penn State and the University of Minnesota.
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Experiments Combine to Find Mass of Higgs
The CMS and ATLAS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider joined forces to make the most precise measurement of the mass of the Higgs boson yet.
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The Cost of Limiting Global Warming
Study at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory finds real-world choices affect cost of emissions reduction, and shift them from emerging to industrialized countries.
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Statement of Patricia Dehmer, Acting Director of the Office of Science, Before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development
Acting Director Patricia Dehmer discusses the President’s FY 2016 Budget Request for the Office of Science in the Department of Energy (DOE).
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The Jaw-Dropping Jumping Droplet Generator
A team of researchers at the Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) has discovered an unexpected way to convert thermal energy, or heat, into electricity.
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Lighting a Star and Controlling Its Bursts
Scientists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and General Atomics make breakthrough in understanding how to control intense heat bursts in fusion experiments.
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Probing the Early Stages of DNA “Photocopying”
An intricate three-dimensional model of the complex protein that helps prepare DNA for duplication is the result of research at three U.S. Department of Energy x-ray light sources, including the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.
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Electricity Needs Water: A State-by-State Assessment
To understand the increasing water requirements by U.S. electric power producers, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory employed a computational model to estimate the state-by-state need through 2095.
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Study Proposes New Way to Measure Superconducting Fluctuations
A study published last month by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory provides theoretical evidence for a new effect that may lead to a way of measuring the exact temperature at which superconductivity kicks in and shed light on the poorly understood properties of superconducting materials above this temperature.
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Atomic Layer Deposition: Precise Control Smaller Than the Eye Can See
Scientists at several of DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centers are creating coatings for energy generation and storage by building materials one atomic layer at a time.
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Researchers Get Warmer in Understanding High-Temperature Superconductors
First ab initio computational experiment of copper oxide performed at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility moves scientists closer to understanding mysterious properties of cuprate superconductors.
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