Scientists Find Strange Black “Superionic Ice” That Could Exist Deep Inside Other Planets
Using the Advanced Photon Source, scientists have recreated the structure of ice formed at the center of planets like Neptune and Uranus. Everyone knows about…
Using the Advanced Photon Source, scientists have recreated the structure of ice formed at the center of planets like Neptune and Uranus. Everyone knows about…
Marine-dissolved organic matter, which originates from phytoplankton, holds as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere, yet the biological processes governing its fate are primarily studied under…
If an asteroid is determined to be on an Earth-impacting trajectory, scientists typically want to stage a deflection, where the asteroid is gently nudged by…
A new analysis of the South Pole-based telescope’s cosmic microwave background observations has all but ruled out several popular models of inflation. Physicists looking for…
Breakthrough demonstrates solid state of electrons predicted more than 90 years ago. More than 90 years ago, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that at low densities…
With mountain snowpacks shrinking in the western US, new Berkeley Lab study analyzes when a low-to-no-snow future might arrive and implications for water management. Mountain…
Spawned by the spins of electrons in magnetic materials, these tiny whirlpools behave like independent particles and could be the future of computing. Experiments with…
On August 4, 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history pulverized a Beirut port and damaged more than half the city. The explosion…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have developed a new method for 3D printing living microbes in controlled patterns, expanding the potential for using engineered…
Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies. In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of UC Berkeley performed one of the first simple…
Combining lab data with supercomputing power reveals role of RNA and chromosome structure in regulating gene expression. Using supercomputer-driven dynamic modeling based on experimental data,…
A study analyzing individual synapses in macaques and mice shows primate neurons have two to five times fewer synapses than mice in the visual cortex….
How do we make battery recycling cost effective? Scientists at the ReCell Center have taken another step towards that goal. Lithium-ion batteries are the engines…
Experiments will give scientists a closer look at how exploding stars create world’s heaviest elements. How do the chemical elements, the building blocks of our…
Unplanned discovery could lead to future pivotal discoveries in batteries, fuel cells, devices for converting heat to electricity and more. Scientists normally conduct their research…
Brookhaven Lab and Princeton scientists team up to identify sources of loss of quantum information at the atomic scale. Engineers and materials scientists studying superconducting…
How to Catch a Perfect Wave: Scientists Take a Closer Look Inside the Perfect Fluid Berkeley Lab research brings us closer to understanding how our…
Scientists focus on cone targets to enhance temperature of electron beams. Intense short-pulse laser-driven production of bright high-energy sources, such as X-rays, neutrons and protons,…