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Direct interactions dominate ion adsorption to aqueous graphene, a process central to vital processes in energy technology.

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Scientists investigate a threshold for rapid ice-sheet degradation in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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Characterizing carbon stored in deeper sediments below soils is critical for understanding the stability and dynamics of Earth’s carbon pool.

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New crime scene investigation technique offers a hard look at the traces that particles leave before fleeing the scene.

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The MicroBooNE experiment demonstrates the use of machine learning to interpret images made by a liquid-argon particle detector.

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Scientists developed a method to better distinguish the tracks that particles leave behind in liquid argon.

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A careful consideration of electric fields could lead to faster industrial processes that use less energy and release less waste.

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Findings could rewrite textbooks about molecular structure for solvent ubiquitous in chemistry and biology.

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Algae that turn carbon dioxide into fuel feedstock are enhanced by surrounding bacteria.

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Element-selective method reveals interfacial properties of materials used for water purification, catalysis, energy conversion, and more.

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The genetics of viruses living along a permafrost thaw gradient may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change.

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Six cameras are revolutionizing observations of shallow cumulus clouds.

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Mortality rates of moist tropical forests are on the rise due to environmental drivers and related mechanisms.

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Widespread fracturing during lake drainage triggers vertical shafts to form that affect the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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The data system will allow for more detailed, consistent, and up-to-date global emissions trends that will aid in understanding aerosol effects.

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To develop a future fusion reactor, scientists need to understand how and why plasma in fusion experiments moves into a “high-confinement mode” where particles and heat can’t escape. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory simulated the transition into that mode starting from the most basic physics principles.

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New insights into molecular-level processes could help prevent corrosion and improve catalytic conversion.

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Scientists discover key types of microbes that degrade organic matter and release carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.

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Researchers can precisely study how different genes affect key properties in a yeast used industrially to produce fuel and chemicals.

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Identified genes involved in plant cell wall polysaccharide production and restructuring could aid in engineering bioenergy crops.

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How yeast partition carbon into a metabolite may offer insights into boosting production for biofuels.

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The U.S. Department of Energy announced it will award 189 grants totaling $33 million to 149 small businesses in 32 states.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $16 million for new observational research aimed at improving the accuracy of today’s climate and earth system models.

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A combined experimental and modeling approach contributes to understanding small proteins with potential use in industrial, therapeutic applications.

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Artificial intelligence on Summit to discover atomic-scale structures.

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New model provides more accurate estimates of how fast microbes produce a mercury-based neurotoxin.

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Scientists explore how drought-tolerant plants communicate to nearby microorganisms, suggesting ways to engineer more resilient bioenergy crops.

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Scientists determine the accuracy of computational methods used to study the sulfate radical approach to purifying water.

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Ultrafine aerosol particles produce bigger storm clouds and more precipitation than larger aerosols in pristine conditions.

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Scientists devise new approach that gathers data on the interplay between permafrost, soil, and vegetation.

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Distortion of water droplet surface may increase the likelihood of the droplet freezing.

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A new modeling framework helps understand the consequences of future sea-ice loss in the Arctic.

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A new phenomena forms vortices that trap particles, impeding electron avalanches that harm fusion reactors.

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Researchers discover how certain bacteria may safeguard plant growth during a drought, making way for strategies to improve crop productivity.

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The mechanism responsible for creating intense magnetic fields in laser-driven plasmas also helps tear the fields apart.

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Unexpected molecular interactions involving water clusters have a subtle, yet profound, effect on extractants picking their targets.

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To understand how damage from high-energy X-rays affects imaging studies, scientists supported by the Department of Energy shot the most powerful X-ray laser in the world at a series of atoms and molecules. Surprisingly, the atoms within the molecules acted far differently than the isolated ones.

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A promising catalyst may enable creating fuel from sunlight, but we first need to understand how it splits water. When Daniel Nocera and his team shed light on a key step in the complex process, they got more than they expected.

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Advances in biochemistry and catalysis could lead to faster, greener nitrogen-rich fertilizer.

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New method takes a snapshot every millisecond of groups of light-scattering particles, showing what happens during industrially relevant reactions.

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A new platform melding microfluidics and robotics allows more in-depth bioanalysis with fewer cells than ever before.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $24 million in new and renewal research awards to advance the development of sophisticated software for computer-based design of novel materials.

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How microbial communities adjust to nutrient-poor soils at the genomic and proteomic level gives scientists insights into land use.

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Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories were recently awarded the 2018 Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM’s) Gordon Bell Prize.

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DOE researchers have won 32 of the R&D 100 awards given out this year by R&D Magazine. The annual awards are given in recognition of exceptional new products or processes that were developed and introduced into the marketplace during the previous year.

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Analyses of natural communities forming soil crusts agree with laboratory studies of isolated microbe-metabolite relationships.

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Evidence suggests that biorefineries can accept various feedstocks without negatively impacting the amount of ethanol produced per acre.

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New, easily prepared starting material opens access to learning more about a difficult-to-control element in nuclear waste.

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New design coats molecular components and dramatically improves stability under tough, oxidizing conditions.

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A new chemical process converts a component of wasted wood pulp and other biomass into high-value pressure-sensitive adhesives.