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IBM Investigates Microelectronics at NSLS-II
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IBM researchers used the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at NSLS-II to visualize strain in a new architecture for next-generation microelectronics.
Solid-State Technology for Big Data in Particle Physics
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Physicists are experimenting with the use of NVMe, or nonvolatile memory express technology, to determine the best way to access stored files.
On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons Could Advance Quantum Devices
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Researchers developed a “bottom-up” approach — building the graphene nanoribbon directly at the atomic level for specific applications.
DIII-D Scientists to Work with PPPL to Find a Path to Sustained Fusion Energy
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The scientists will perform research on physics and instrumentation with the NSTX-U facility’s staff to restart operations late next year.
Flexing Our Research Muscle: Scientists Use APS to Better Understand Muscle Form, Function
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A research team uses powerful X-rays to uncover the structure and behavior of proteins regulating tarantula muscle movement.
A Day in the Life of a SLAC Machine Maker
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At the Machine Shop, Pete Franco crafts beautiful, intricate and precise parts for the lab’s latest scientific tools.
Chasing Their Tails but Getting Somewhere: Reimagining the Shape of Noise Leads to Improved Molecular Models
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A Berkeley Lab intern and his mentor develop an algorithm that will extract better structures from low-quality diffraction data.
The High-Tech Evolution of Scientific Computing: A Slight Return
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Argonne is combining simulation, data science and machine learning approaches to help realize the promise of exascale computing.
Pinning Down the Ampere with a Supersensitive Particle Detector
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A device called the skipper CCD, developed by Fermi and Berkeley laboratories scientists, could spark an advance in measurement science.
Berkeley Lab Scientists Contribute to New Exploration of Higgs Boson Interactions
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Team uses NERSC supercomputer simulations to achieve high-sensitivity analysis of Higgs bosons decaying into pairs of muons.
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Biofuels Project Led by John Sedbrook Awarded $13 Million from DOE
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The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $13 million grant to a nationwide project led by Illinois State University.
Scientists Explore Signals for a Quantum Universe
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Their approach to find a signal for the quantum origin of structure set out to show how a test of quantum mechanics in the universe could work.
No Need to Mind the Gap
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Astrophysicists fill in 11 billion years of our universe's expansion history.
Water Availability Has Changed, and Humans Are to Blame
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Study demonstrates that human-induced climate change has influenced water availability on land in the driest months of the year, over the last century
"Giant Atoms" Enable Quantum Processing and Communication in One
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Researchers devise an on-off system that allows high-fidelity operations and interconnection between processors.
Room Temperature Superconductivity Creeping Toward Possibility
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The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a recent discovery by a team of Penn State researchers.
Chemistry Researchers Receive $3.3M as Part of New Solar Energy Center
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NC State University received funding to establish a research center to advance artificial photosynthesis for the production of fuels from sunlight.
UCF Researchers Generate Attosecond Light from Industrial Laser
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New measurement could have important implications in power generation, chemical- and biological-weapon detection, and medical diagnostics.
DOE-Funded UAH Directed Plasma Research May Advance Pulsed Fusion Propulsion Systems
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Gabe Hu has been awarded a grant for research on the deflection magnetic nozzle for a spacecraft’s fusion propulsion system.
Scientists Find First Evidence for the Higgs Boson Interaction with Muons
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UCSD professor Vivek Sharma and team followed the theory that the way particles interact with the Higgs boson accounts for their differences in mass.
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