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.
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Brookhaven's atom smasher produced more gold collisions than all previous runs combined, and collided Helium-3 and Gold for the first time.
Read more about RHIC Run 14: a Flawless 'Run of Firsts'Chemists Develop MRI Technique for Peeking Inside Battery-like Devices
A team of chemists from New York University and the University of Cambridge has developed a method for examining the inner workings of battery-like devices called supercapacitors, which can be charged up extremely quickly and can deliver high electrical power.
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Finding by MIT researchers could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.
Read more about Light Pulses Control Graphene’s Electrical BehaviorU.S. Department of Energy Increases Access to Results of DOE-funded Scientific Research
The Energy Department has launched the Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science – PAGES – a web-based portal that will provide free public access to accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts or published scientific journal articles within 12 months of publication.
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This development has potential value for the field of organic electronic devices such as field-effect transistors and photovoltaic cells.
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have created synthetic molecules that can stand in for natural sugars, but can be more easily manipulated.
Read more about Sugar Mimics Guide Stem Cells Toward Neural FateNanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalyst Efficiently Converts CO2 to Methanol
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol – a key commodity used to create a wide range of industrial chemicals and fuels.
Read more about Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalyst Efficiently Converts CO<sub>2</sub> to MethanolNew Type of Energy Storage Device Opens Possible Solutions to Energy Challenges
Scientists at the The University of Texas at Austin and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have developed the first of a new class of pseudocapacitor that may eventually lead to devices that can store electricity more densely and charge/discharge more quickly than current pseudocapacitors.
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Researchers at North Carolina State University using statistical tools to map social connections in prairie dogs have uncovered relationships that escaped traditional observational techniques, shedding light on prairie dog communities that may help limit the spread of bubonic plague and guide future conservation efforts.
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Physicists at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cornell University, and Brookhaven Lab have identified the “quantum glue” that underlies a promising type of superconductivity — a crucial step towards the creation of energy superhighways that conduct electricity without current loss.
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New theory formulated by MIT researchers predicts magnets may act as wireless cooling agents.
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