Science Made Simple: What Is Bioenergy Research?
Bioenergy research studies how to use crops and other agricultural materials to make biofuels and other bioproducts. Biomass energy would improve energy security. It would reduce the…
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Scientists Generate Matter Directly From Light – Physics Phenomena Predicted More Than 80 Years Ago
Collisions of Light Produce Matter and Antimatter From Pure Energy Study demonstrates a long-predicted process for generating matter directly from light — plus evidence that…
Electron-Ion Collider Next-Generation Nuclear Physics Facility Achieves Critical Approval
CD-1 milestone marks start of project execution phase for next-generation nuclear physics facility that will probe the smallest building blocks of visible matter. The U.S….
Discovery of 10 Faces of Plasma: New Insights in Fusion and Plasma Science
Scientists have discovered a novel way to classify magnetized plasmas that could possibly lead to advances in harvesting on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun…
Science Made Simple: What Is Fusion Energy Science?
Fusion energy science is a multi-disciplinary field focused on the science needed to develop an energy source based on a controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction. Fusion…
Main Attraction: Scientists Create World’s Thinnest Magnet – Just One Atom Thick!
A one-atom-thin 2D magnet developed by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley could advance new applications in computing and electronics. The development of an ultrathin magnet that operates…
Qubit Spin Ice: Emergent Magnetic Monopoles Isolated Using Quantum-Annealing Computer
Project offers new step toward study of emergence, ‘materials by design,’ and future nanomagnets. Using a D-Wave quantum-annealing computer as a testbed, scientists at Los…
Quest to Reveal Fundamental Secrets of the Universe Driven by Curiosity and Technology
Argonne-driven technology is part of a broad initiative to answer fundamental questions about the birth of matter in the universe and the building blocks that…
Snapshots of Ultrafast Switching in Quantum Electronics Could Lead to Faster Computing Devices
Scientists Take First Snapshots of Ultrafast Switching in a Quantum Electronic Device They discover a short-lived state that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient…
New Technology Opens the Gate to the Next Generation of Information Processing
New technology paves the way for improved information transfer in both classical and quantum regimes. Many of us swing through gates every day — points…
Enzyme Structure Provides a Promising Pathway to New Cancer Treatments
Using Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, researchers have determined the structure of an enzyme that plays a key role in the spread of cancer…
“Zinc Sparks” – A Biological Fireworks Show 300 Million Years in the Making
Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source show how ‘zinc sparks’ — the showers of zinc ions released by mammalian eggs immediately after fertilization — also…
Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Gravitational Waves – Orders of Magnitude Faster
Scientists can now process months’ worth of gravitational wave data in minutes. When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer…
Science Made Simple: What Are Atomic Nuclei?
In 1911, Ernest Rutherford discovered that at the core of every atom is a nucleus. Atomic nuclei consist of electrically positive protons and electrically neutral…
Unusual Comet – 1000 Times More Massive Than Typical – Discovered in Outer Solar System by Dark Energy Survey
Estimated to be 100–200 kilometers across, the unusual wandering body will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2031. A giant comet from the…
Science Made Simple: What Is Nucleosynthesis?
Nucleosynthesis is the creation of new atomic nuclei, the centers of atoms that are made up of protons and neutrons. Nucleosynthesis first occurred within a…
New Space Telescope – GEOStare2 – Goes Into Orbit
Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers and…
Laser-Driven Semiconductor Switch for Next-Generation Communications
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) engineers have designed a new kind of laser-driven semiconductor switch that can theoretically achieve higher speeds at higher voltages than…