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Microscopy Charges Ahead

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique called charge gradient microscopy. Charge gradient microscopy uses the tip of a conventional atomic force microscope to scrape and collect the surface screen charges.

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A Glimpse into Nature’s Looking Glass—To Find the Genetic Code is Reassigned

Research was conducted under the DOE JGI’s continuing effort to explore the biological frontier known as “microbial dark matter.” These are the vast number of microbes that are difficult-to-impossible to grow and study in the laboratory but populate nearly all environments from the human gut to the hot vents at the bottom of the ocean.

Scientists Demonstrate Improved Catalyst Control, Energy Savings Could Result

Inspired by how enzymes work in nature’s biological processes, researchers have demonstrated a way to improve control of synthetic catalysts, according to a paper co-authored by a University of Alabama computational chemist that was published in a recent online issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Argonne Scientists Discover New Magnetic Phase in Iron-based Superconductors

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a previously unknown phase in a class of superconductors called iron arsenides. This sheds light on a debate over the interactions between atoms and electrons that are responsible for their unusual superconductivity.

Stanford Researchers Discover Immune System's Rules of Engagement

Study finds surprising similarities in the way immune system defenders bind to disease-causing invaders.

Why Eumelanin is Such a Good Absorber of Light

Researchers uncover secret of a ubiquitous pigment’s ability to absorb a broad spectrum of light.

A New Way to Harness Waste Heat

Electrochemical approach has potential to efficiently turn low-grade heat to electricity.

Lighting the Way to Graphene-based Devices

Berkeley Lab researchers use light to dope graphene boron nitride heterostructures.

UT Arlington Particle Physics Team Awarded $2.5 Million Grant

The funding, which begins this month, represents a 25 percent increase from previous Energy Department base award grants to the College of Science’s Center of Excellence in High Energy Physics – a hearty recognition of the innovative ideas and research under way at The University of Texas at Arlington.

A Tipping Point for Lignin

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory offer a new view of an organic polymer often dismissed as a worthless by-product.

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CEBAF Beam Goes Over the Hump

The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has achieved the final two accelerator commissioning milestones needed for approval to start experimental operations following its first major upgrade.

University of Houston Physicists Look for Answers to Questions about the Universe

Experiments involving neutrinos and leptons may offer answers to fundamental questions.