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Mountains and Winds Confound Particle Distribution

Data gathered by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and their collaborators show that local recirculation patterns, rather than the long-range transport of pollutants, create layers of aerosols above California’s Central Valley.

Physicists Narrow Search for Solution to Proton Spin Puzzle

New Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) results reveal that gluons make a significant contribution to spin, an important intrinsic particle property; transient sea quarks also play a role.

Mathematical Models Shed New Light on Cancer Mutations

A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, using computing resources at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), have demonstrated a mathematical toolkit that can turn cancer-mutation data into multidimensional models to show how specific mutations alter the social networks of proteins in cells.

Global Model Comparison Project Finds Large Diversity of Organic Aerosol Representations

More than 70 researchers from 46 international institutions compared the ability of 31 models to simulate comprehensive physical and chemical characteristics and lifecycle of carbon-containing atmospheric vapor and particles.

Iron-based Superconductor Simulations Spin Out New Possibilities on Titan

Rutgers team develops computational model for predicting superconductivity.

ORNL Technology Transfer Continues Strong Upward Trend

New methods are improving connections between private businesses and technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with 101 licenses and options executed during the last three years.

Self-Assembly of Layered Membranes

Scientists from Northwestern University working at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) used self-assembly under controlled conditions to create a membrane consisting of layers with distinctly different structures.

New Lab Startup Afingen Uses Precision Method to Enhance Plants

Berkeley Lab breakthrough can lead to cheaper biofuels, improved crops, and new products from plants.

Creating the Coldest Cubic Meter in the Universe

A forthcoming neutrino detector will require temperatures approaching absolute zero.

Fast Company: Cascade Supercomputer Joins Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Newest supercomputer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is expected to accelerate advances in biology, climate and chemistry.

Tracking Heat-Driven Decay in Leading Electric Vehicle Batteries

Scientists at Brookhaven Lab reveal reveal the atomic-scale structural and electronic degradations that plague some rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and make them vulnerable during high-temperature operations.

Berkeley Lab Study Reveals Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have observed the molecular structure of liquid water at a gold surface under different charging conditions.