Ames Laboratory, Author Profile

Surrounded by Potential: New Science in Converting Biomass

October 5, 2017

Researchers at Ames Laboratory are experimenting with chemical reactions that decompose lignin models at low temperature...

Ames Laboratory Scientists Move Graphene Closer to Transistor Applications

August 31, 2017

The inability to control or tune graphene’s unique properties has been an obstacle to its application

Ames Laboratory Scientists Join Consortium to Research Lightweight Materials

March 15, 2016

Producing cleaner, cheaper, smarter, stronger, lighter, and more corrosion-resistant materials for industry is vital

New CMI Process Recycles Magnets from Factory Floor

July 2, 2015

A new recycling method developed by scientists at the Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hu...

Scientists Create Cheaper Magnetic Material for Cars, Wind Turbines

April 28, 2015

Karl A. Gschneidner and fellow scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have created a new magneti...

“Explosive” Atom Movement is New Window into Growing Metal Nanostructures

April 8, 2015

Collective, fast diffusion observed by Ames Laboratory team could represent a new way to grow perfect, tiny metal nanostructu...

Rare-Earth Innovation to Improve Nylon Manufacturing

March 27, 2015

The Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Labratory, has created a new che...

Learning the Language of Cell Life

December 26, 2014

Ames Laboratory scientists use genetic markers to discover the rhizosphere....

Graphene may Shed New Light on Terahertz Metamaterials and Plasmonics

August 23, 2013

Could graphene – a one-layer thick sheet of carbon atoms – be the ingredient needed for super-efficient solar har...

Ames Laboratory Leads with New Cutting Edge NMR Technology

August 6, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory has announced that it will acquire a Dynamic Nuclear Polarization...

Scientists Develop Indium-Free Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

December 3, 2012

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory have discovered new ways of using a well-known poly...

Ames Laboratory Improving Process to Recycle Rare-Earth Materials

October 24, 2012

Recycling keeps paper, plastics, and even jeans out of landfills. Could recycling rare-earth magnets do the same? Perhaps, if...