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Berkeley Lab Takes a Quantum Leap in Microelectronics

A Q&A with Ramamoorthy Ramesh on the need for next-generation computer chips

Percy Zahl, Ivan Bozovic, and Ilya Drozdov

Borophene Advances as 2-D Materials Platform

Atom-thin sheets of boron containing large single crystals could provide foundation for fabricating next-generation electronics

Crews at the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, lift and install the top-end components for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI. The components, which include a stack of six lenses and other structures or positioning and support, weigh about 12 tons. DESI, scheduled to begin its sky survey next year, is designed to produce the largest 3-D map of the universe and produce new clues about the nature of dark energy. (Credit: David Sprayberry, NOAO/AURA)

Topping Off a Telescope with New Tools to Explore Dark Energy

Key components of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument are installed after months of planning, prep work

To Curb Maternal Deaths in Developing Countries, Researchers Use X-rays to Map a Lifesaving Drug in Action

New research will help in the quest to design low-cost drugs that can tackle postpartum bleeding and other conditions without severe side effects.

Matthew Ryder is researching next-generation materials using neutron scattering as a Clifford G. Shull Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Neutron Sciences Directorate. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Matthew Ryder: Understanding the Stability of Next-Generation Materials

Scientists and engineers are always searching for ways to solve the world’s biggest challenges, such as reducing carbon emissions, creating more effective cancer treatments, and increasing energy efficiency in electronics.

Jennifer Armstrong in front of the G-1 aircraft

A New ARM Pilot Signs Up

Combat veteran, pilot, athlete, aircraft entrepreneur and executive Jennifer Armstrong is the first woman to fly ARM’s Gulfstream-159 research aircraft

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U.S. Department of Energy and Italy’s Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research to Collaborate on Particle Accelerator Construction

Agreement launches a multinational collaboration to build a powerful new accelerator at DOE’s Fermilab complex.

Using Hydrogen Ions to Manipulate Magnetism on the Molecular Scale

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined how to use hydrogen ions, “pumped” from water in the air at room temperature, to electrically control magnetism within a very thin sample of a magnetic material. This approach for manipulating magnetic properties could speed up advances in computing, sensors, and other technologies.