‘Time Machine’ With 5,000 Robotic Eyes to Explore Dark Energy
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light of 35 million galaxies. A…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light of 35 million galaxies. A…
Experiments at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples…
Using light to generate order in an exotic material: Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses produces a previously unseen phase of matter. Adding energy to…
Successful demonstration of algorithm by Berkeley Lab-University of California Berkeley, team shows technique could be viable for scientific light sources around the globe. Synchrotron light…
New blueprint for affordable, sustainable ‘flow batteries’ developed at Berkeley Lab for renewable energy could accelerate an electrical grid powered by the sun and wind….
Physicists get closer to solving the proton radius puzzle with unique new measurement of the charge radius of the proton. New measurement yields smaller proton…
If humankind reaches Mars this century, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed experiment testing advanced materials for spacecraft may play a key role. NASA is considering…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers created and tested new wireless charging designs that may double the power density, resulting in a lighter weight system compared…
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to demonstrate a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor…
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away. Imagine a device that can sit outside under…
Discovery yields a new quantitative description of unusual behavior relevant to materials used in electronics, medicine, telecommunications, and more. Scientists at the U.S. Department of…
Exposing cathodes to light decreases charge time by a factor of two in lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National…
An international team has developed a robust material that can selectively take in toxic sulfur dioxide gas at record concentrations and preserve it for use…
Electric vehicle owners may soon be able to pull into a fueling station, plug their car in, go to the restroom, get a cup of…
A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum…
Probing nucleosynthesis in star-like conditions using the world’s biggest laser at NIF. On a typical day at the world’s biggest laser, the National Ignition Facility…
New technique doubles the highest electron energy ever produced by a laser plasma accelerator, bringing the promise of tera electron volt electron-positron colliders one step…
Breaking of rotational symmetry in ring-shaped nanoparticle leads to surprising quantum property when illuminated with laser. Particles that are mere nanometers in size are at…