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Berkeley Lab Puts a New Spin on ARPES, a 'Microscope' for Electrons

New instrument described in this new video could see use in electronics, computing, and semiconductor industries.

“Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Premiers “Star Power”

New video illuminates lab’s role in the pursuit of fusion power as a sustainable energy source.

Shedding New Light on ‘Electron Highways’ in Carbon-based Solar Cells

Scientists at Brookhaven Lab and Stony Brook University hope to improve performance of innovative solar cells by mapping how electrons move through such devices.

New Evidence to Aid Search for Charge 'Stripes' in Superconductors

Findings identify signature that will help scientists investigate and understand materials that carry current with no resistance.

Dark Energy Survey Begins Five-Year Mission to Map Southern Sky in Tremendous Detail

World’s most powerful digital camera will explore the forces shaping the universe.

ORNL-Grown Oxygen ‘Sponge’ Presents Path to Better Catalysts, Energy Materials

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new oxygen “sponge” that can easily absorb or shed oxygen atoms at low temperatures.

Size Matters as Nanocrystals Go Through Phases

Berkeley Lab researchers at the Molecular Foundry reveal fundamental size-dependence of metal nanocrystals undergoing phase transitions.

Ames Laboratory to Build Sensitive Instrument Facility

New facility will allow scientists to study materials at the atomic scale and aid in their discovery and design of new ones.

Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase

Berkeley Lab research could help scientists predict how carbon is stored underground.

New Twist in the Graphene Story

Berkeley Lab researchers, working at the Advanced Light Source, have discovered that in the making of bilayer graphene, a tiny structural twist arises that can lead to surprisingly strong changes in the material’s electronic properties.

ORNL Finding Goes Beyond Surface of Oxide Films

Better batteries, catalysts, electronic information storage and processing devices are among potential benefits of an unexpected discovery made by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists using samples isolated from the atmosphere.

Raising the IQ of Smart Windows

Berkeley Lab researchers create new window coating which could lead to increased comfort and significant savings.