A revolutionary material harbors magnetism and massless electrons that travel near the speed of light—for future ultrasensitive, high-efficiency electronics and sensors.
Observed atomic dynamics helps explain bizarre flow without friction that has been puzzling scientists for decades.
Electrons are forced to the edge of the road on a thin sheet of tungsten ditelluride.
Detector measures the energy a neutrino imparts to protons and neutrons to help explain the nature of matter and the universe.
Real-time imaging shows how hydrogen causes oxygen to leave a buried surface, transforming an oxide into a metal.
Simply applying a small voltage dramatically changes the atomic structure, vital to creating materials for advanced computer memory.
Microwave heating significantly alters Alfven waves, offering insights into the physics of the waves themselves.
Scientists map electrical currents emanating from the boundary of a tokamak plasma, providing new information for reactor design.
International collaborators advance physics basis for tokamak plasma confinement at low rotation, potentially benefiting a fusion reactor.
Large-scale simulations of quarks promise precise view of reactions of astrophysical importance.
Gravitational wave observations combined with optical and gamma-ray data confirm earlier predictions, offer insights into how the galaxy produces lead, mercury, and other elements.
A new x-ray beam technique tracks atomic-level changes under real-world operating conditions.
Measured strong coupling of vibrations and electrons could lead to controlled magnetism and electronic properties.
Focused x-ray beam revealed structural changes from laser heating, pinning down elusive melting point.
For one of the strongest known materials, calculations clarify a long-standing debate about how atoms pack together.
Theory predicts that bending a film will control spin direction and create a spin current for next-generation electronics.
Cage-like molecules with internal chemical hooks remove three times more hazardous radioactive iodine compounds than current methods.
Lasers reveal a new state of matter—the first 3-D quantum liquid crystal.
Unexpectedly, a little chemical substitution stabilizes unusual magnetic phase of vortexes called skyrmions.
New, unexpected paradigm discovered: Disorder may actually promote an exotic quantum state, with potential for ultrafast computing.
Shining light on a growing semiconductor modifies its interface with the surface and could improve the optical properties of each.
Soil microbes work as both decomposers and synthesizers of carbon compounds in soil, offering new answers with impacts to crops and eco-health.
Scientists reduce uncertainties in future climate prediction by directly coupling an energy-economy model to an Earth system model.
Scientists show that grasslands are more sensitive to changes in the amount of moisture in the air than to changes in precipitation.
Scientists evaluate seven hydrologic models to understand how each model agrees and differs.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) observations provide clues on atmospheric contributions to an Antarctic melt event.
In quark-gluon plasma, which existed just after the Big Bang, quarks and gluons move freely, not part of the protons and neutrons that make up ordinary matter. Scientists supported by the DOE's Office of Science are working to understand where and how quark-gluon plasma turns into ordinary matter.
Highest concentration and yield of valuable chemicals reported in industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Scientists unlock the key to efficiently make a new class of engineering polymers.
An entirely human-made architecture produces hydrogen fuel using light, shows promise for transmitting energy in numerous applications.
Novel defect control in graphene enables direct imaging of trapped electrons that follow Einstein’s rules.
Metal-organic frameworks with chains of iron centers adsorb and release carbon monoxide with very little energy input.
Researchers are grappling with increasingly large quantities of image-based data. Machine learning and deep learning offer researchers new ways to analyze images quickly and more efficiently than ever before. Scientists at multiple national laboratories are working together to harness the potential of these tools.
A geospatial analysis determined the optimal distribution of sites needed to reliably estimate Alaska’s vast soil carbon.
Molecular-level understanding of cellulose structure reveals why it resists degradation and could lead to cost-effective biofuels.
Lignocellulose-degrading enzyme complexes could improve biofuel production.
Scientists use heat and mismatched surfaces to stretch films that can potentially improve the efficient operation of devices.
Defect spins in diamond were controlled with a simpler, geometric method, leading to faster computing.
More frequent storms turn forests from carbon source to sink.
Monoterpene measures how certain forests respond to heat stress.
Whether carbon comes from leaves or needles affects how fast it decomposes, but where it ends up determines how long it's available.
Readily rotating molecules let electrons last, resulting in higher solar cell efficiency.
The arrangement of electrons in an exotic human-made element shows that certain properties of heavy elements cannot be predicted using lighter ones.
Modifying the internal structure of 2-D hybrid perovskite materials causes them to emit white light.
A new shape measurement of unstable ruthenium-110 has found this nucleus to be similar to a squashed football.
Exploiting reversible solubility allows for direct, optical patterning of unprecedentedly small features.
Researchers discover the secret behind the third way living organisms extract energy from their environment.
Scientists achieved thin films with structures virtually impossible via traditional methods.
Novel spin-polarized surface states may guide the search for materials that host Majorana fermions, unusual particles that act as their own antimatter, and could revolutionize quantum computers.
The Molecular Foundry and aBeam Technologies bring mass fabrication to nano-optical devices.
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