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New Nano-sized Synthetic Scaffolding Technique Unveiled

Scientists at University of Oregon and Berkeley Lab have tapped oil and water to create scaffolds of self-assembling, synthetic proteins called peptoid nanosheets that mimic complex biological mechanisms and processes.

Simpler Process to Grow Germanium Nanowires Could Improve Lithium-ion Batteries

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed what they call “a simple, one-step method” to grow nanowires of germanium from an aqueous solution.

Materials Scientists Play Atomic ‘Jenga’ and Make a Surprising Discovery

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discover missing atoms cause metals to align and polarize materials.

Scientists Learn to Control Reactions with the Shape of a Rare-earth Catalyst

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered they can control chemical reactions in a new way by creating different shapes of cerium oxide, a rare-earth-based catalyst.

DOE 'Knowledgebase' Links Biologists, Computer Scientists to Solve Energy, Environmental Issues

With new tool, biologists don't have to be programmers to answer big computational questions.

University of Alabama Researchers to Embark on New Search for Mysterious Dark Matter

Three University of Alabama physicists are among dozens of researchers planning and developing a new international search for dark matter – invisible material scientists believe makes up roughly 27 percent of the universe’s mass.

Rubber Meets the Road With New ORNL Carbon, Battery Technologies

Recycled tires could see new life in lithium-ion batteries that provide power to plug-in electric vehicles and store energy produced by wind and solar, say researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Scientists Craft Atomically Seamless, Thinnest-possible Semiconductor Junctions

University of Washington scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick.

Iron is the Key to Preserving Dinosaur Soft Tissue

Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) are studying organic material from dinosaur bones and have been able to show that the organic material in the samples contained original soft tissue material from Mesozoic dinosaurs.

Competition for Graphene

Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrate ultrafast charge transfer in new family of 2D semiconductors.

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Scientists Develop Water Splitter that Runs on Ordinary AAA Battery

Scientists at Stanford University, working with collaborators at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Canadian Light Source Inc. and the University of Tennessee, have developed a low-cost, emissions-free device that efficiently splits liquid water into hydrogen and oxygen gas.

Catalytic Gold Nanoclusters Promise Rich Chemical Yields

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Carnegie Mellon scientists make stable, active catalysts.