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The Fix Is In

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara synthesize a polymer that can repair itself in wet conditions.

RHIC Run 14: a Flawless 'Run of Firsts'

Brookhaven's atom smasher produced more gold collisions than all previous runs combined, and collided Helium-3 and Gold for the first time.

U.S. Department of Energy Increases Access to Results of DOE-funded Scientific Research

The Energy Department has launched the Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science – PAGES – a web-based portal that will provide free public access to accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts or published scientific journal articles within 12 months of publication.

Refrigerator Magnets

New theory formulated by MIT researchers predicts magnets may act as wireless cooling agents.

Instrumentation Division Nears Production Phase for LSST Camera Sensors at Brookhaven Lab

Precision assembly is required to capture the clearest and most extensive picture of the cosmos.

X-ray Laser Measures Leaping Electrons

SLAC experiment provides new insight about how electrons move across molecules.

Getting a Charge Out of Water Droplets

MIT researchers discover water condensing and jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricity.

Happy Birthday, NERSC

Four researchers celebrate the 40th birthday of Berkeley Lab’s supercomputing center by sharing stories of its illuminating science.

Uncertainty Gives Scientists New Confidence in Search for Novel Materials

SLAC, Stanford advance will benefit thousands of computational studies in wide range of fields.

From Human Genome to Materials “Genome”

Government initiative seeks to speed the pace of materials discovery and innovation.

Consider the ‘Anticrystal’

Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago have evidence that a new concept should undergird our understanding of most materials: the anticrystal, a theoretical solid that is completely disordered.

Up in Flames: Evidence Confirms Combustion Theory

Berkeley Lab and University of Hawaii research outlines the story of soot, with implications for cleaner-burning fuels.