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Surprising Discovery Could Lead to Better Batteries
A collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries—the most common type of battery used to power cell phones and electric cars. As a model battery generated electric current, the scientists witnessed the concentration of lithium inside individual nanoparticlesreverse at a certain…
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Software Developed at Brookhaven Lab Could Advance Synchrotron Science Worldwide
Software Developed at Brookhaven Lab Could Advance Synchrotron Science Worldwide
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new software to streamline data acquisition (DAQ) at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Called “Bluesky,” the software significantly eases the process of collecting and comparing data at NSLS-II, and could be used to facilitate scientificcollabo…
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New Devices to Control X-rays are Less Expensive, Faster to Make
New Devices to Control X-rays are Less Expensive, Faster to Make
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a less expensive and more efficient way of controlling x-ray beams used to study the intricate details of batteries, solar cells, proteins and all manner of materials. The new beam-shaping devices, invented by Brookhaven mechanical engineer Sushil Sharma, can be made from a single piece of copper,…
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Amazon Study Reveals that Rainstorms Transport Atmospheric Particles Essential for Cloud Formation
Amazon Study Reveals that Rainstorms Transport Atmospheric Particles Essential for Cloud Formation
Understanding how tiny particles emitted by cars and factories affect Earth‘s climate requires accurate climate modeling and the ability to quantify the effects of these pollutant particles vs. particles naturally present in the atmosphere. One large uncertainty is what Earth was like before these industrial-era emissions began. In a paper just published in Nature, scientists collaborating on the
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Scientists Uncover the Origin of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Copper-Oxide Compound
Scientists Uncover the Origin of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Copper-Oxide Compound
Since the 1986 discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in copper-oxide compounds called cuprates, scientists have been trying to understand how these materialscan conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures hundreds of degrees above the ultra-chilled temperatures required by conventional superconductors. Finding the mechanism behind this exotic behavior may pave the way for…
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Smarter Self-assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology
Smarter Self-assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology
To continue advancing, next-generation electronic devices must fully exploit the nanoscale, where materials span just billionths of a meter. But balancing complexity, precision, and manufacturing scalability on such fantastically small scales is inevitably difficult. Fortunately, some nanomaterials can be coaxed into snapping themselves into desired formations—a process called self-assembly.
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Scientists Model the "Flicker" of Gluons in Subatomic Smashups
Scientists Model the “Flicker” of Gluons in Subatomic Smashups
Brookhaven Lab nuclear theorists Björn Schenke and Heikki Mäntysaari
Scientists exploring the dynamic behavior of particles emerging from subatomic smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility for nuclear physics research at DOE‘s Brookhaven National Laboratory—are increasingly interested in the role of gluons. These…
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Discovery of Gold Nanocluster "Double" Hints at Other Shape-Changing Particles
Discovery of Gold Nanocluster “Double” Hints at Other Shape-Changing Particles
Brookhaven Lab physicists Pavol Juhas (left) and Simon Billinge at the National Synchrotron Light Source II’s (NSLS-II) x-ray powder diffraction beamline. They are preparing to changea sample at the diffractometer, which replaces the instrument at NSLS where the measurements on the gold nanoclusters were done. Billinge and his team use an approach called atomic pair distribution function…
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