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Scientists Pioneer New Generation of Semiconductor Neutron Detector
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Scientists discover new neutron-detecting material for applications in science and national security.
What's MER? It's a Way to Measure Quantum Materials, and it's Telling Us New and Interesting Things
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Condensed matter physics scientists studied WTe2 to determine its magnetic, superconducting, and other properties.
Jefferson Lab to be Major Partner in Electron Ion Collider Project
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The Department of Energy announced that Jefferson Lab will collaborate on plans to build a future Electron Ion Collider in New York.
Department of Energy Selects Site for Electron-Ion Collider
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New facility to be located at Brookhaven Lab will allow scientists from across the nation and around the globe to peer inside protons & atomic nuclei.
Connecting the Dots in the Sky Could Shed New Light on Dark Matter
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Astrophysicists have come a step closer to understanding the origin of a faint glow of gamma rays covering the night sky.
From Grasshopper to Mentor
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EMSL computational scientist Lee Ann McCue is always seeking out and trying new things – both giving and receiving in mentorships.
Data From Antipodal Places: First Use of CMB Polarization to Detect Gravitational Lensing From Galaxy Clusters
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Scientists are using the polarization of the cosmic microwave background to calculate galaxy clusters masses, using a new mathematical estimator.
Memory Storage for Super Cold Computing
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Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated a novel cryogenic, or low temperature, memory cell circuit design.
Nano-Objects of Desire: Assembling Ordered Nanostructures in 3-D
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Scientists have developed a platform for assembling nanosized material components into desired 3-D structures.
New Quantum Loop Provides Long National Testbed for Quantum Communication Technology
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Scientists at Argonne National Lab and the University of Chicago perform initial measurements through a 52-mile fiber-optic testbed.
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CMU Becomes Go-To Place for Machine Learning in Catalysis Research
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Both the DOE and the NSF have invested in pioneering research into the role of machine learning in the discovery of new catalysts.
Self-Driving Microrobots
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New study proposes a strategy for microscale robots that can sense symptoms of a material defect and navigate autonomously to the defect site.
How a ‘Vegetable Ion’ Helped Scientists Unlock Theory Behind Transitions of Materials
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Scientists publish most complete picture to date of the transition from conductor to insulator in a type of material called transition metal oxides.
New Polymer Material May Help Batteries Become Self-Healing and Recyclable
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Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed a solid polymer-based electrolyte that can self-heal after damage.
Researchers Use a Material's 'Memory' to Encode Unique Physical Properties
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A new study shows that certain types of materials have a “memory” of how they were processed, stored, and manipulated.
The Coldest Reaction
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With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction.
Spin on Perovskite Research Advances Potential for Quantum Computing
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A two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite can inject spin aligned electrons into active layers w/o the need of an external magnetic field.
Physics Ph.D. Student Helping to Build World’s Largest Digital Camera
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Thanks to a grant from DOE, physics Ph.D. student Emily Phillips Longley is spending six months at SLAC helping to build a camera.
Breaking (and Restoring) Graphene’s Symmetry in a Twistable Electronics Device
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Columbia researchers invent a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials by adjusting the twist angle between them.
Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Comes of Age
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Cell-free systems stand to dramatically impact society, from the environment to medicine to education.
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