Physical Sciences
Berkeley is breaking new ground for the design of novel materials for energy products.
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By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National L
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After quake, ORNL helps Japanese neutron scientists continue experiments In addition to donating $20,000 to aid in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping displaced Japanese colleagues in neutr
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A research team led by University at Buffalo chemists has used synchrotron light sources to observe the electron clouds on the surface of graphene, producing a series of images that reveal how folds and ripples in the remarkable material can harm its
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New forms of carbon break the record of density and predicted to possess tunable electronic properties Stony Brook University graduate student Qiang Zhu, together with Professor of Geosciences and Physics, Artem R. Oganov, postdoc Andriy O. Lyakh
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Neutron analysis of the atomic dynamics behind thermal conductivity is helping scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory gain a deeper understanding of how thermoelectric materials work. The analysis could spur the de
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A newly announced NASA mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth will include an instrument built at...
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Endowment Recognizes Outstanding Work and Focuses on Continual Innovation and Leadership in Materials Science Building on its commitment to advance technology through materials science, Aldrich® Materials Science, a strategic growth initiativ
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A local supernova factory has recently started production, according to a wealth of new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory on the Carina Nebula. This discovery may help...
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Quantachrome's Director of Applied Science, Dr Matthias Thommes, and Staff Scientist, Dr Katie Cychosz, contributed their expertise in porous materials characterization to...
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Scientists have discovered a method to control the gas-phase selective catalytic combustion of methane, so finely that if done at room...
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As Star Trek is so fond of reminding us, we’re carbon-based life forms. But the event that jump-started the universe, the Big Bang...
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