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.
Read more about SLAC Secures Role in Energy Frontier Research Center Focused on Next-generation MaterialsJefferson 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.
Read more about Jefferson Lab Accelerator Upgrade Completed: Initial Operations Set to Begin While Experimental Equipment Upgrades ContinueGetting 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.
Read more about Getting Insights Into a New Class of Semiconducting MaterialsEco-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.
Read more about Eco-friendly ‘Pre-fab Nanoparticles’ Could Revolutionize Nano ManufacturingNERSC Launches Next-Generation Code Optimization Effort
NERSC, Intel, Cray team up to prepare users for transition to exascale computing.
Read more about NERSC Launches Next-Generation Code Optimization EffortWater’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.
Read more about Water’s Reaction with Metal Oxides Opens Doors for ResearchersOpen 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.
Read more about Open Access to the UniverseCatching 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.
Read more about Catching Chemistry in MotionRapid 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.
Read more about Rapid Warming of the Atlantic is Source of Recent Pacific Climate TrendsThe Fix Is In
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara synthesize a polymer that can repair itself in wet conditions.
Read more about The Fix Is InEnhancing Biofuel Yields from Biomass with Novel New Method
UC Riverside engineers develop versatile platform technology to produce biofuels more efficiently.
Read more about Enhancing Biofuel Yields from Biomass with Novel New MethodBottling Up Sound Waves
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a technique for generating acoustic bottles in open air that can bend the paths of sound waves along prescribed convex trajectories.
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