When coal is used to generate electricity in power plants, carbon from the coal bonds with oxygen from air to make carbon dioxide (CO2). Due to concerns about how CO2 impacts global climate, scientists at DOE's National Energy ...
Environment
Oct 18, 2013
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There is so much that we do not yet know about neutrinos. Neutrinos are very light, chargeless, and elusive particles that are involved in a process called beta decay. Understanding this process may reveal the origin of matter ...
General Physics
Apr 24, 2023
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For the first time, a new class of magnetic materials, called topological magnon (or magnetic wave) insulators, was revealed. This novel material can conduct magnetic waves (spin waves) along their edges, without conduction ...
General Physics
Jun 13, 2016
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(Phys.org) —A colloidal suspension is a mixture in which microscopic particles of one substance are dispersed in another and because of its properties does not "settle" in the way that one might expect a stirred mixture ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 19, 2013
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Except in horror movies, most scientific experiments don't start with scientists snooping around narrow, deserted hallways. But a tucked-away location in the recesses of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National ...
General Physics
Feb 22, 2018
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Solving a complex problem quickly requires careful tradeoffs – and simulating the behavior of materials is no exception. To get answers that predict molecular workings feasibly, scientists must swap in mathematical approximations ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 2, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have demonstrated broadband terahertz (THz) wave generation using metamaterials. The discovery may help develop noninvasive imaging and sensing, ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 17, 2014
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Fungal plant pathogens may need more flexible genomes in order to fully benefit from associating with their hosts. Transposable elements are commonly found with genes involved in symbioses.
Biotechnology
Jul 29, 2014
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In a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers examined neutron star mergers using THC_M1, a computer code that simulates neutron star mergers and accounts for the bending of spacetimes, due to the ...
Astronomy
Dec 11, 2023
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The Molecular Foundry is a national user facility, one of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) nanoscale science research centers. It is located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and supported by the DOE's Office ...
Materials Science
Apr 9, 2015
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