Physical Sciences
To better understand the fundamental behavior of molecules at surfaces, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are combining the powers of neutron scattering with chemical analysis.
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Similar to the way pavement, softened by a hot sun, will slow down a car, graphene—a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon with wondrous properties—slows down an object sliding across its surface.
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In a breakthrough paper published in this week’s issue of Science magazine, Sandia researchers and their partners report direct measurements of reactions of a gas-phase Criegee intermediate using photoionization mass spectrometry.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory says a broad scientific approach to studying rare earth materials needed to ensure continued deployment of clean energy technologies.
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In the super-small world of nanostructures, a team of polymer scientists and engineers have discovered how to make nano-scale repairs to a damaged surface equivalent to spot-filling a scratched car fender rather than re-surfacing the entire part.
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In a key discovery, a team of LLNL researchers has developed the first plastic material capable of efficiently distinguishing neutrons from gamma rays, something not thought possible for the past five decades or so.
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Los Alamos scientists detect and track single molecules with nanoscale carbon cylinders.
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Engineers Make ‘Building Blocks of Chemical Industry’ From Wood While Boosting Production 40 Percent
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The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale may be even more promising with the first observation of metallic conductance in ferroelectric nanodomains by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Working with an international team, three physicists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to demonstrate the feasibility of a new kind of particle accelerator.
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In movie magic, people and objects can appear or disappear or move from place to place in an instant. Now, Cornell researchers have demonstrated a similar "temporal cloak" -- albeit on a very small scale.
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Berkeley Lab scientists push chemistry to the edge, testing plans for a new generation of light sources.
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