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Take the Best, Leave the Rest

Fundamental researchers offer new ways to sort molecules for clean energy and more.

Nanoscale Tetrapods Could Provide Early Warning of a Material’s Failure

Berkeley Lab scientists are developing a new way to detect microscopic fractures in materials in the field.

Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene

Former Argonne postdoctoral researcher Diana Berman and Argonne nanoscientist Anirudha Sumant, along with several collaborators, developed a new and inexpensive way to grow pure graphene using a diamond substrate.

Water Helps Assembly of Biofibers that Could Capture Sunlight

In a study led by researchers at Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, supercomputer simulations and lab-based experiments showed that water serves as an invisible cage for the growth of long fibers from micelles made of chains of amino acids.

Collaboration Strikes Gold Pioneering a New Method for Catalyst Production

Jet stream of liquid helium blows gold vapor through a barren, cold landscape to deposit pristine, stable gold nanoparticles.

A Virtual Flight Through a Catalyst Particle Finds Evidence of Poisoning

At SLAC Synchrotron, two X-ray techniques give a 3-D view of why catalysts used in gasoline production go bad.

A New Way to Display the 3-D Structure of Molecules

Metal-organic frameworks provide a new platform for solving the structure of hard-to-study samples.

Expanding the Stable of Workhorse Yeasts

New genome sequences target next generation of yeasts with improved biotech uses.

SLAC, Stanford Gadget Grabs More Solar Energy to Disinfect Water Faster

Plopped into water, a tiny device triggers the formation of chemicals that kill microbes in minutes.

Slicing Through Materials with a New X-ray Imaging Technique

Images reveal battery materials' chemical reactions in five dimensions – 3D space plus time and energy.

Smarter Self-Assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology

Brookhaven Lab scientists discover a way to create billionth-of-a-meter structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency.

Perfection in Sight: SLAC Receives New Mirrors for X-ray Laser

SLAC is improving the quality of its X-ray laser beam with new meter-long mirrors, made from an individual silicon crystal artificially grown in a lab and polished to perfection.