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Scientists at the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), an Energy Frontier Research Center, discovered a way that life could regulate solar energy transfer

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Researchers at Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE) Energy Frontier Research Center

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Researchers at Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE) Energy Frontier Research Center

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Scientists at the BETCy Energy Frontier Research Center explain electron bifurcation, an enigmatic energy-harnessing process in microorganisms, to inform biofuels research.

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Scientists at the BETCy Energy Frontier Research Center explain electron bifurcation, an enigmatic energy-harnessing process in microorganisms, to inform biofuels research.

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A new fast and robust algorithm for computing stellarator coil shapes yields designs that are easier to build and maintain.

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A new fast and robust algorithm for computing stellarator coil shapes yields designs that are easier to build and maintain.

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Physicists measured fast electron populations. They achieved this first-of-its-kind result by seeing the effect of the fast electrons on the ablation rate of small frozen argon pellets.

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Physicists measured fast electron populations. They achieved this first-of-its-kind result by seeing the effect of the fast electrons on the ablation rate of small frozen argon pellets.

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Heating the core of fusion reactors causes them to develop sheared rotation that can improve plasma performance.

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Scientists discover new signposts in the quest to determine how matter from the early universe turned into the world we know today.

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Scientists discover new signposts in the quest to determine how matter from the early universe turned into the world we know today.

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Electric and magnetic properties of a radioactive atom provide unique insight into the nature of proton and neutron motion.

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Electric and magnetic properties of a radioactive atom provide unique insight into the nature of proton and neutron motion.

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Scientists use high-speed electrons to visualize “dress-like” distortions in the atomic lattice. This work reveals the vital role of electron-lattice interactions in manganites. This material could be used in data-storage devices with increased data density and reduced power requirements.

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Scientists use high-speed electrons to visualize “dress-like” distortions in the atomic lattice. This work reveals the vital role of electron-lattice interactions in manganites. This material could be used in data-storage devices with increased data density and reduced power requirements.

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For years, scientists have explored using tiny drops of designer materials, called quantum dots, to make better solar cells. Adding small amounts of manganese decreases the ability of quantum dots to absorb light but increases the current produced by an average of 300%.

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For years, scientists have explored using tiny drops of designer materials, called quantum dots, to make better solar cells. Adding small amounts of manganese decreases the ability of quantum dots to absorb light but increases the current produced by an average of 300%.

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Through highly controlled synthesis, scientists controlled competing atomic forces to let spiral electronic structures form. These polar vortices can serve as a precursor to new phenomena in materials. The materials could be vital for ultra-low energy electronic devices.

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Through highly controlled synthesis, scientists controlled competing atomic forces to let spiral electronic structures form. These polar vortices can serve as a precursor to new phenomena in materials. The materials could be vital for ultra-low energy electronic devices.

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A new process controllably but instantly consolidates ceramic parts, potentially important for manufacturing.

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A new process controllably but instantly consolidates ceramic parts, potentially important for manufacturing.

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Scientists determine the precise location and identity of all 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle.

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Scientists determine the precise location and identity of all 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle.

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It has long been thought that building nanometer-sized transistors was impossible. Simply put, the physics and atomic structural imperfections couldn’t be overcome. However, scientists built fully functional, nanometer-sized transistors.

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It has long been thought that building nanometer-sized transistors was impossible. Simply put, the physics and atomic structural imperfections couldn’t be overcome. However, scientists built fully functional, nanometer-sized transistors.

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For the first time, scientists created a tunable artificial atom in graphene. The results from this research demonstrate a viable, controllable, and reversible technique to confine electrons in graphene.

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For the first time, scientists created a tunable artificial atom in graphene. The results from this research demonstrate a viable, controllable, and reversible technique to confine electrons in graphene.

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Scientists develop tools to understand Li-ion battery instabilities, enabling the study of electrodes and solid-electrolyte interphase formation.

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Scientists develop tools to understand Li-ion battery instabilities, enabling the study of electrodes and solid-electrolyte interphase formation.

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Researchers at Argonne have found a way to control the creation of special textured surfaces, called skyrmions, in magnetically ordered materials.

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Scientists built a new device that shows what happens when electrode, electrolyte, and active materials meet in energy storage technologies.

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Scientists built a new device that shows what happens when electrode, electrolyte, and active materials meet in energy storage technologies.

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Scientists once thought proton spin was simple to understand. However, after experiments in the 1980s proved their ideas wrong, researchers have been working to understand how the proton’s components contribute to its spin. Scientists use the unique capabilities of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, both DOE Office of Science user facilities, to explore this fundamental phenomenon.

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A new technique synchronized high-energy electrons with an ultrafast laser pulse to probe how vibrational states of atoms change in time.

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A new technique synchronized high-energy electrons with an ultrafast laser pulse to probe how vibrational states of atoms change in time.

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A new energy-efficient separation of rare earth elements could provide a new domestic source of critical materials.

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A new energy-efficient separation of rare earth elements could provide a new domestic source of critical materials.

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A new model identifies a high degree of fluctuations in the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons as essential to explaining proton structure.

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A new model identifies a high degree of fluctuations in the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons as essential to explaining proton structure.

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Supercomputing calculations confirm that rare nickel-78 has unusual structure, offering insights into supernovas.

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Supercomputing calculations confirm that rare nickel-78 has unusual structure, offering insights into supernovas.

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Natural carbon dioxide production from deep subsurface soils contributes significantly to emissions, even in a semiarid floodplain.

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Natural carbon dioxide production from deep subsurface soils contributes significantly to emissions, even in a semiarid floodplain.

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Straining a thin film controllably allows tuning of the materials’ magnetic, electronic, and catalytic properties, essential for new energy and electronic devices.

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Straining a thin film controllably allows tuning of the materials’ magnetic, electronic, and catalytic properties, essential for new energy and electronic devices.

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Study models soil-pore features that hold or release carbon dioxide.

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Study models soil-pore features that hold or release carbon dioxide.

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Scientists use LIDAR and radar data to study bird migration patterns, thanks to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility.

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Scientists use LIDAR and radar data to study bird migration patterns, thanks to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility.