Ghosts in the Machine: Scientists Identify Battery Failure’s Phantom Culprits
Researchers at Argonne have conducted a comprehensive study of soft shorts, a phenomenon that is an early step toward permanent failure in a battery. An…
Researchers at Argonne have conducted a comprehensive study of soft shorts, a phenomenon that is an early step toward permanent failure in a battery. An…
Diamond and lithium niobate are combined to serve as a core component for future quantum technologies Diamond and lithium niobate are often touted as high-performance…
Recent research indicates that mouse and primate brains mature at a similar rate. A study by Argonne National Laboratory finds that both short-lived mice and…
Material has potential applications in superconducting circuits for the next generation of industrial electronics. Researchers used the Advanced Photon Source to verify the rare characteristics…
Breakthrough by Argonne, UChicago researchers could help pave way for quantum infrastructure. In work supported by the Q-NEXT quantum research center, scientists “stretch” thin films…
Breakthrough realized for retaining quantum information in a single-electron quantum bit. Argonne and partners attained a major milestone toward quantum computing based on single-electron qubits:…
Ultrafast lasers and X-rays have revealed the coupling between electronic and nuclear dynamics in molecules. Nearly a century ago, physicists Max Born and J. Robert…
Researchers uncover an unexpected route to better lithium-sulfur batteries by visualizing reactions at the atomic scale. The journey from a laboratory discovery to real-world application…
A new fluoride-containing electrolyte paves the way for high-performance, long-lasting batteries. Many toothpastes contain sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine, to defend teeth from decay….
Cutting-edge ultrafast imaging techniques have revealed ultrafast mechanical motion tied to a change in magnetic state in a layered material. This intriguing magnetic effect could…
A new catalyst reduces the expense associated with generating environmentally sustainable hydrogen from water. A plentiful supply of clean energy is lurking in plain sight….
New X-ray capability could find wide application in environmental and medical research, as well as the development of batteries and microelectronic devices. Scientists at Argonne…
The algorithm combines classical beam physics equations with machine-learning techniques to reduce the need for extensive data processing. When the linear accelerator at SLAC National…
A quantum computational solution for engineering materials. Researchers at Argonne explore the possibility of solving the electronic structures of complex molecules using a quantum computer….
The shape of heavy nuclei changes as the energy level varies. The universe is governed by four fundamental forces that dictate the interactions between particles…
Researchers have discovered a method for creating new materials for use in batteries, magnets, and microelectronics. The most skilled artists can create a one-of-a-kind…
Small magnetic whirlpools could revolutionize high-performance computer memory storage. Magnets create invisible fields that attract certain materials. A familiar example is refrigerator magnets. However, they…
For the first time, scientists formed a charged rare earth molecule on a metal surface and rotated it using scanning tunneling microscopy. Scientists from Ohio…