News from April 2023
Measurements taken aboard ships have added deep dimension to 30 years of Atmospheric data
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Over three decades, one U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility has collected a little under 4 petabytes of freely available atmospheric data―on clouds, precipitation, and other phenomena that create weather and climate.
‘Neutron camera’ method captures atomic-scale activity in a flash
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Scientists have long sought to better understand the “local structure” of materials, meaning the arrangement and activities of the neighboring particles around each atom.
Answering Big Questions with Thin Oxide Films
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
One of the first sights greeting visitors to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL’s) Energy Sciences Center are windows into busy lab spaces.
Department of Energy recognizes two decades’ worth of Argonne’s high-quality thermochemical data
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Department of Energy recognizes two decades’ worth of Argonne’s high-quality thermochemical data
A minute with Claire Lee, particle physicist
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
How long have you worked with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory?
ORNL malware ‘vaccine’ generator licensed for Evasive.ai platform
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Access to artificial intelligence and machine learning is rapidly changing technology and product development, leading to more advanced, efficient and personalized applications by leveraging a massive amount of data.
A Biofuel Breakthrough, Courtesy of Fungi
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. In this case, the “job” is the breakdown of lignin, the structural molecule that gives plants strength and rigidity.
Using X-rays and additive manufacturing to print tough materials
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Durability is a critical characteristic of the materials used to produce industrial machinery, marine vessels, aircraft and medical devices.
Jefferson lab establishes Biomedical Research and Innovation Center
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Better methods for detecting and treating disease.
New physical science summer school offers opportunity for underrepresented college students
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory annually hosts multiple internships for undergraduate students to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Research team supports isostatic pressing for solid-state battery manufacturing
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Following months of promising test results, battery researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are recommending that the solid-state battery industry focus on a technique known as isostatic pressing as it looks to commercialize next-generation batteries.
Signs of Gluon Saturation Emerge from Particle Collisions
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Nuclear physicists collide protons with heavier ions (atomic nuclei) to explore the fundamental constituents that make up those ions.
Exploring Bonds and Electronic Structure in Plutonium Hybrid Materials
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Understanding the arrangement of electrons in compounds containing actinide elements, such as uranium and plutonium, can help advance the design of next-generation nuclear materials.
Particle Errors: Quantifying the Effects of Simulation Mixing State on Aerosol Optical Properties
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Particles in the atmosphere affect global climate.
St. Jude approach prevents drug resistance and toxicity
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have demonstrated how drug makers can avoid two key problems: toxicity and resistance.
New “Camera” with Shutter Speed of 1 Trillionth of a Second Sees through Dynamic Disorder of Atoms
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
New York, NY—March 7, 2023—Researchers are coming to understand that the best performing materials in sustainable energy applications, such as converting sunlight or waste heat to electricity, often use collective fluctuations of clusters of atoms within a much larger structure. This process is often referred to as "dynamic disorder."
Argonne’s Rapid Prototyping Laboratory helps students prepare for science careers
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
The Rapid Prototyping Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory is a bright, high-ceilinged room alive with the whir of robotic arms, the hum of 3D printers, and the gust of cooling fans.
Wisconsin cave holds tantalizing clues to ancient climate changes, future shifts
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Even in their dark isolation from the atmosphere above, caves can hold a rich archive of local climate conditions and how they’ve shifted over the eons.
MIT physicists predict exotic new phenomena and give “recipe” for realizing them
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
In work that could lead to important new physics with potentially heady applications in computer science and more, MIT scientists have shown that two previously separate fields in condensed matter physics can be combined to yield new, exotic phenomena.
Superdiamond carbon-boron clathrates represent a promising new class of conventional superconductors
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
A team of researchers led by Carnegie’s Timothy Strobel and Li Zhu recently showed evidence for superconductivity in a “superdiamond” material comprised of carbon and boron lattice arranged in a cage-like structure entrapping strontium atoms.