A Little Drop Will Do It: Tiny Grains of Lithium Can Dramatically Improve the Performance of Fusion Plasmas
Scientists from General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have discovered a phenomenon that helps them to improve fusion plasmas, a finding that may quicken the development of fusion energy.
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Defects Can “Hulk-Up” Materials
In a study at Berkeley Lab, exposure to alpha-particle radiation has been shown to transform certain thermoelectric materials into far more powerful versions of themselves.
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Energy Secretary Moniz Announces 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Winners
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced nine exceptional U.S. scientists and engineers as recipients of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for their contributions in research and development that supports the Energy Department’s science, energy and national security missions.
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Supernova Hunting with Supercomputers
Berkeley Lab researchers provide “roadmap” and tools for finding and studying Type Ia supernovae in their natural habitat.
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Shape-Shifting Plastic
A new plastic developed by ORNL and Washington State University can transform from its original shape through a series of temporary shapes and returns to its initial form. The shape-shifting process is controlled through changes in temperature.
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Clouds' Role in Sunlight Stopping
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers used long-term observations to show that the sunlight stopping power of each type of typical tropical cloud and how frequently they occur must be accurately simulated in climate models.
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Brookhaven Lab's Accelerator Test Facility Named a DOE Office of Science User Facility
New designation of Brookhaven National Laboratory's ATF coincides with major facility upgrades and expansions to accommodate the growing demand of users from industry and academia.
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Land, Sea, and Air: ACAPEX Targets Atmospheric Rivers
In January 2015, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility launched the ARM Cloud Precipitation Experiment (ACAPEX), the largest study of its kind focused on capturing data from atmospheric rivers. After six weeks of gathering data from air and sea in California, scientists are back on dry land ready to examine their findings.
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ORNL Demonstrates First Large-scale Graphene Composite Fabrication
One of the barriers to using graphene at a commercial scale could be overcome using a method demonstrated by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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ESnet Enhances Scientific Productivity Around the Globe
Specialized network connects distant researchers and facilities in immediate collaboration.
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CLAIRE Brings Electron Microscopy to Soft Materials
Berkeley Lab researchers develop breakthrough technique for non-invasive nano-scale imaging.
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Two Large Hadron Collider Experiments First to Observe Rare Subatomic Process
Researchers have found the theoretical prediction of a previously unseen subatomic process is accurate and observable.
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