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Sweet Relief for Lithium Batteries’ Dendrite Problem

Scientists at Rice University and Arizona State University used sugar cubes as a key component in building dendrite-quenching substrates for lithium anodes.

Researchers Uncover Most Complex Mineral on Earth

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that the complexity of a uranium-based mineral, dubbed ewingite, is nearly twice as high as the previous most complex mineral.

Physicists Observe Long-Sought Nanoscale Phenomenon

An international team of researchers have perfected a nano-sandwich made from oxides, ending a nearly 15-year quest to observe a phenomenon that could help power and miniaturize a future generation of electronics.

Brown Awarded $3.5M to Speed Up Atomic-scale Computer Simulations

With a new grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a Brown University-led research team will use machine learning to speed up atom-level simulations of chemical reactions and the properties of materials.

Chemist Car Wins DOE Funding for Computational Chemistry Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Wednesday, Sept. 19, that Roberto Car, Princeton’s Ralph W. *31 Dornte Professor in Chemistry and a professor with the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, was one of 10 researchers to win funding for computational chemistry.

National Clean Energy Week: New X-ray Spectroscopy Explores Hydrogen-Generating Catalyst

Using a newly developed technique, researchers from Japan, Germany and the U.S. have identified a key step in production of hydrogen gas by a bacterial enzyme. Understanding these reactions could be important in developing a clean-fuel economy powered by hydrogen.

New Catalyst for Making Fuels from Shale Gas

Methane in shale gas can be turned into hydrocarbon fuels using an innovative platinum and copper alloy catalyst, according to new research led by UCL (University College London) and Tufts University.

Tailoring Cancer Treatments to Individual Patients

Supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center help researchers design cancer models and predict treatments outcomes based on patient-specific conditions.

$1.3M Grant Helps Physics Professors Develop Materials Simulation Software

Tunna Baruah, along with co-principal investigator Rajendra Zope, Ph.D., both associate professors in the Department of Physics at UTEP, received a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

New Lithium-Rich Battery Could Last Much Longer

A team of Northwestern University researchers working with the Argonne National Laboratory developed a rechargeable lithium-iron-oxide battery that can cycle more lithium ions than its common lithium-cobalt-oxide counterpart.

Mapping Nanoscale Chemical Reactions Inside Batteries in 3-D

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets them pinpoint the location of chemical reactions happening inside lithium-ion batteries in three dimensions at the nanoscale level.

Common Bricks Can Be Used to Detect Past Presence of Uranium, Plutonium

Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a technique that can determine whether bricks – the common building material – have ever been near a radiological source, and identify the specific type of source, such as high enriched uranium or plutonium.