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A new quantum approach to solve electronic structures of complex materials
If you know the atoms that compose a particular molecule or solid material, the interactions between those atoms can be determined computationally, by solving quantum mechanical equations — at least, if the molecule is small and simple.
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DUNE collaboration tests new technology for second detector module
In recent months, the neutrino research facility at the European laboratory CERN has been bustling with activity.
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Projects to fight biological threats receive $5 million in federal funding
Modeling the emergence and spread of biological threats isn’t as routine as forecasting the weather, but scientists in two of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) national laboratories were awarded funding to try to make it so.
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Modeling Agriculture Matters for Carbon Cycling
To understand Earth’s changing climate, scientists often turn to science-based computer simulations.
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ORNL’s Lee named Materials Research Society fellow
Ho Nyung Lee, a condensed matter physicist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society.
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Protecting High-Performance, Superconducting Magnets
Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division have developed a method for detecting and predicting the local loss of superconductivity in large-scale magnets that are capable of generating high magnetic fields.
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A Day and Night Difference: Molecular Composition of Aerosols Differs from Day to Night
Tiny aerosols particles in the atmosphere have a significant effect on the climate.
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New Findings on the Flow of Particles in Heavy Ion Collisions
Scientists ran a comprehensive analysis of data from collisions of heavy ions (the nuclei of atoms) to determine which factors most influence fluctuations in the flow of particles.
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A Novel Way to Get to the Excited States of Exotic Nuclei
An atomic nucleus assumes discrete energy levels when added energy excites that nucleus.
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Warming Strongly Increases Nutrient Availability in a Nutrient-Limited Bog
The dynamics and availability of nutrients in soil can limit the growth of plants and microbes.
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Department of Energy Announces $150 Million for Research on the Science Foundations for Energy Earthshots
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $150 million for research into the crosscutting foundational science for multiple Energy Earthshots.
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Can synthetic polymers replace the body’s natural proteins?
Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, highly specialized proteins.
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UOG collaborates with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for renewable energy research
In a breakthrough collaboration for the University of Guam, a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) visited UOG on March 14.
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Origin of superconductivity in nickelates revealed
Nickelates are a material class that has excited scientists because of its recently discovered superconducting ability, and now a new study led by Cornell has changed where scientists thought this ability might originate, providing a blueprint for how more functional versions might be engineered in the future.
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WT’s Hiranuma Appointed to Energy Department Advisory Committee
A West Texas A&M University environmental science professor has been named as an advisory committee member for a U.S. Department of Energy lab.
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Grant Funds Research into Computational Materials Science, Collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Beth Nowadnick has earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to study materials that may provide new ways to store or process information.
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Magnetism fosters unusual electronic order in quantum material
Physicists were surprised by the 2022 discovery that electrons in magnetic iron-germanium crystals could spontaneously and collectively organize their charges into a pattern featuring a standing wave.
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MSU researchers support renewed DOE-funded efforts on bioenergy and biproducts innovation
Two Mississippi State researchers will continue to support a national initiative on bioenergy and bioproducts thanks to a new round of funding announced Friday [March 17] by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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WVU to partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on decarbonization, energy transition
A new agreement between WVU and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will promote opportunities for collaboration on decarbonization efforts that could pave the way for a cleaner energy transition.
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Rutgers physicists provide theoretical insights on experiment involving a “strange metal” that could be foundational to next-generation quantum technologies
Scientists investigating a compound called “Y-ball” – which belongs to a mysterious class of “strange metals” viewed as centrally important to next-generation quantum materials – have found new ways to probe and understand its behavior.