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Remembrances of Things Past: Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover Nanoscale Shape-Memory Oxide

A research team at Berkeley Lab has discovered a way to introduce a recoverable strain into bismuth ferrite of up to 14-percent on the nanoscale, larger than any shape-memory effect observed in a metal. This discovery opens the door to applications in a wide range of fields, including medical, energy and electronics.

Newly ID’d Protein Provides Target for Antibiotic-Resistant Hospital Bacterium

Researchers have made inroads into tackling a bacterium that plagues hospitals and is highly resistant to most antibiotics. They determined the 3-D structure and likely function of a new protein in this common bacterium that attacks those with compromised immune systems.

How Scavenging Fungi Became a Plant’s Best Friend

Glomeromycota is an ancient lineage of fungi that has a symbiotic relationship with roots that goes back nearly 420 million years to the earliest plants. More than two thirds of the world’s plants depend on this soil-dwelling symbiotic fungus to survive, including critical agricultural crops such as wheat, cassava, and rice.

Lingering Clouds, Lasting Answers

PNNL study shows why pollution results in larger, deeper and longer lasting storm clouds, leading to colder days and warmer nights.

What happens at Oak Ridge National Lab and why does it matter?

Hear from the scientists themselves in this new video.

Will 2-D Tin be the Next Super Material?

Theorists predict new single-layer material could go beyond graphene, conducting electricity with 100 percent efficiency at room temperature.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Seeks to Enhance Tiny Engine Performance for Military

Oak Ridge National Laboratory engineers are trying to improve efficiency and performance in tiny engines in remote-controlled airplanes that have applications for aerial military surveillance.

A Superconductor-Surrogate Earns Its Stripes

Berkeley Lab study reveals origins of an exotic phase of matter.

President Obama to Nominate Franklin Orr and Marc Kastner for DOE Leadership Posts

Franklin Orr tapped to serve as Department of Energy’s Under Secretary for Science and Marc Kastner as Director of the Office of Science.

Iowa State, Ames Lab Engineers Develop Real-Time, 3-D Teleconferencing Technology

A pair of Ames Lab and Iowa State researchers have developed 3-D teleconferencing technology that's live, real-time and streaming at 30 frames per second.

Taking a New Look at Carbon Nanotubes

Two of the biggest challenges in carbon nanotube research have been met with the development by Berkeley Lab researchers of a technique that can be used to identify the structure of an individual carbon nanotube and characterize its electronic and optical properties in a functional device.

MAGIC Takes a Bow

As the Horizon Spirit sailed into port in Los Angeles at the end of September, the U.S. Department of Energy's ARM Climate Research Facility notched another milestone for climate science.