New Catalyst Converts CO₂to Fuel
Calculations run at NERSC help confirm University of Illinois breakthrough.
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A Metallic Alloy That is Tough and Ductile at Cryogenic Temperatures
Researchers at Berkeley and Oak Ridge Labs test a multi-element high-entropy alloy with surprising results.
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Scientists Map Protein in Living Bacterial Cells
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have for the first time mapped the atomic structure of a protein within a living cell. The technique, which peered into cells with an X-ray laser, could allow scientists to explore some components of living cells as never before.
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Birth of a Mineral
Led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a study shows calcium carbonate takes multiple, simultaneous roads to different minerals, provides insight into trapping carbon dioxide underground.
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Electron Microscopes Take First Measurements of Nanoscale Chemistry in Action
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory along with colleagues at the University of Manchester, captured the world’s first real-time images and simultaneous chemical analysis of nanostructures while “underwater,” or in solution.
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Titania-Based Material Holds Promise as New Insulator for Superconductors
Research from North Carolina State University shows that a type of modified titania, or titanium dioxide, holds promise as an electrical insulator for superconducting magnets, allowing heat to dissipate while preserving the electrical paths along which current flows.
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New Synthesis Method May Shape Future of Nanostructures, Clean Energy
A team of University of Maryland physicists has published new nanoscience advances that they and other scientists say make possible new nanostructures and nanotechnologies with huge potential applications ranging from clean energy and quantum computing advances to new sensor development.
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Airlock-like Transport Protein Structure Discovered
New work from a team led by the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Liang Feng and including Carnegie’s Wolf Frommer has for the first time elucidated the atomic structures of the prototype of the sugar transporters (termed “SWEET” transporters) in plants and humans.
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New Nano-sized Synthetic Scaffolding Technique Unveiled
Scientists at University of Oregon and Berkeley Lab have tapped oil and water to create scaffolds of self-assembling, synthetic proteins called peptoid nanosheets that mimic complex biological mechanisms and processes.
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Simpler Process to Grow Germanium Nanowires Could Improve Lithium-ion Batteries
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed what they call “a simple, one-step method” to grow nanowires of germanium from an aqueous solution.
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Materials Scientists Play Atomic ‘Jenga’ and Make a Surprising Discovery
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discover missing atoms cause metals to align and polarize materials.
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Scientists Learn to Control Reactions with the Shape of a Rare-earth Catalyst
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered they can control chemical reactions in a new way by creating different shapes of cerium oxide, a rare-earth-based catalyst.
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