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Researchers develop new assay for ease of converting plant biomass to ethanol.
New, scalable manufacturing technique grows metal oxide nanosheets with astronomical aspect-ratios, opening the door to intriguing material properties.
Arrays of superconducting islands open up the possibility for tailor-made properties and functionality.
New insights into metal ions at an enzyme’s active site.
Laboratory measurements of “carrier multiplication” verified in real solar energy photovoltaic devices made of tiny quantum dots.
Researchers have captured the first three-dimensional images of changes in shape, composition, and position of individual catalyst particles during electrochemical cycling.
New insights from synchrotron-based studies are helping to assess the potential of new biofuels.
A new spectroscopic “fingerprinting” technique has been developed at a DOE user facility to identify chemical degradation products deep inside a working rechargeable battery.
High resolution imaging of atomic structure results in improved design of aluminum alloys.
Predicted by theory, and confirmed by experiments, novel materials are being discovered to improve photovoltaic efficiency.
New approach to molecular self-assembly produces porous, thin films of carbon (aka graphene), enabling high-capacity electrodes for lithium-air batteries.
Observation of these particles in cosmic rays with space based detectors would imply large amounts of anti-matter somewhere in the universe.
