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Newswise: Researchers develop a unique quantum mechanical approach to determining metal ductility
Released: 14-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers develop a unique quantum mechanical approach to determining metal ductility
Ames National Laboratory

A team of scientists from Ames National Laboratory and Texas A&M University developed a new quantum-mechanics-based approach to predict metal ductility. The team demonstrated its effectiveness on refractory multi-principal-element alloys.

Newswise: KRISS Revolutionizes Water Supply Pipeline Safety with Environmentally-Friendly Sensors
Released: 14-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT
KRISS Revolutionizes Water Supply Pipeline Safety with Environmentally-Friendly Sensors
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Intelligent Wave Engineering Team of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and the Electro Ceramics Laboratory of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Korea University (KU) have collaborated to develop a cutting-edge ultrasound sensor that ensures the safety of large structures, especially water supply pipelines. It is expected to enhance the competitiveness of non-destructive testing companies, reflecting the trend of pursuing eco-friendly and unmanned monitoring.

Released: 11-Aug-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Ribbons of graphene push the material’s potential
Columbia University

Think you know everything about a material? Try giving it a twist­—literally. That’s the main idea of an emerging field in condensed matter physics called “twistronics,” which has researchers drastically changing the properties of 2D materials, like graphene, with subtle changes—as small as going from a 1.1° to 1.2°—in the angle between stacked layers.

Released: 11-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Artificial intelligence designs advanced materials
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)

Scientists of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung pioneer new machine learning model for corrosion-resistant alloy design.

Newswise: Mussels inspire an eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements
Released: 11-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Mussels inspire an eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements
Penn State Materials Research Institute

For clean, environmentally friendly rare earth element extraction, Penn State researchers found inspiration under the sea: mussel stickiness.

Newswise:Video Embedded zentropy-and-the-art-of-creating-new-ferroelectric-materials
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Released: 11-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Systems in the Universe trend toward disorder, with only applied energy keeping the chaos at bay. The concept is called entropy, and examples can be found everywhere: ice melting, campfire burning, water boiling. Zentropy theory, however, adds another level to the mix.

Released: 10-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
An unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap
Virginia Tech

A team led by Virginia Tech researchers has developed a new method for upcycling plastics into high-value chemicals known as surfactants, which are used to create soap, detergent, and more.

Newswise: Mirror, mirror, who is the most efficient semiconductor of them all?
Released: 9-Aug-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Mirror, mirror, who is the most efficient semiconductor of them all?
Penn State Materials Research Institute

The next generation of 2D semiconductor materials doesn’t like what it sees when it looks in the mirror. Penn State researchers may have solved this issue.

Newswise: Three Argonne scientists receive 2023 DOE Early Career Awards
Released: 9-Aug-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Three Argonne scientists receive 2023 DOE Early Career Awards
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers received three DOE Early Career Awards, which will help early-career researchers establish themselves as experts in their fields.

Newswise: Tiny tapering warms up light-matter interactions
Released: 8-Aug-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Tiny tapering warms up light-matter interactions
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Micro-nano fibres with wavelength-scale diameters and tapered geometries are excellent platforms for studying light-matter interactions. A novel fibre-tapering technique is reported, compactly combining plasmonic micro-heaters and deformed optical fibres. The system enabled a transfer to a scanning electron microscope for in-situ monitoring of the tapering process. The dynamics of “heat and pull” was directly visualized with nanometre precision in real-time, exemplifying in-situ observations of micro and nanoscale light-matter interactions.

Newswise: Ultrawide measurement for viscous fluids comes to chip-scale devices from bendable strips
Released: 8-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Ultrawide measurement for viscous fluids comes to chip-scale devices from bendable strips
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Measuring and assessing fluid viscosity is critical in a variety of industries. Successfully developing rapid, low-cost, miniaturized viscometers covering a wide measurement range has been extremely limited. The novel design of a viscometer integrates a chip-scale GaN optical device with a bendable strip. This work also demonstrates the remarkable features of fast measurement, high stability, and real-time monitoring capability, which prove its potential as a new generation of viscosity-measuring units in various practical applications.

Newswise: Quantum Material Exhibits “Non-Local” Behavior That Mimics Brain Function
Released: 7-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT
Quantum Material Exhibits “Non-Local” Behavior That Mimics Brain Function
University of California San Diego

New research from Q-MEEN-C shows that electrical stimuli passed between neighboring electrodes can also affect non-neighboring electrodes. Known as non-locality, this discovery is a crucial milestone toward creating brain-like computers with minimal energy requirements.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Building bacteria: researchers use cyanobacteria to ‘grow’ stronger sand-based construction materials
Cambridge University Press

Researchers have successfully grown bacterial cells in potential sand-based construction materials, as detailed in a paper published by Research Directions: Biotechnology Design, a new journal from Cambridge University Press.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Argonne researchers receive funding to build research capacity at historically underrepresented institutions
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $37 million in funding for 52 projects to 44 institutions which include Argonne projects. The funding will help build research capacity, infrastructure and expertise at institutions historically underrepresented.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $37 Million to Build Research Capacity at Historically Underrepresented Institutions
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $37 million in funding for 52 projects to 44 institutions to build research capacity, infrastructure, and expertise at institutions historically underrepresented in DOE’s Office of Science portfolio, including Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs).

Released: 7-Aug-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials renewed by U.S. Department of Energy
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy has renewed the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials. Its mission is to apply theoretical methods and software to the understanding, simulation and prediction of material properties at the atomic scale.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Atomic-scale spin-optical laser: new horizon of optoelectronic devices
American Technion Society

Technion researchers have developed a coherent and controllable spin-optical laser based on a single atomic layer. It paves the way to study coherent spin-dependent phenomena in both classical and quantum regimes, opening new horizons in fundamental research and optoelectronic devices exploiting both electron and photon spins.

Newswise: Sensing and controlling microscopic spin density in materials
Released: 3-Aug-2023 5:30 PM EDT
Sensing and controlling microscopic spin density in materials
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Electronic devices typically use the charge of electrons, but spin — their other degree of freedom — is starting to be exploited.

Released: 3-Aug-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Current takes a surprising path in quantum material
Cornell University

Cornell researchers used magnetic imaging to obtain the first direct visualization of how electrons flow in a special type of insulator, and by doing so they discovered that the transport current moves through the interior of the material, rather than at the edges, as scientists had long assumed.

Newswise: ORNL researcher, team received honors for advanced alloy development with industry
Released: 2-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
ORNL researcher, team received honors for advanced alloy development with industry
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dean Pierce of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a research team led by ORNL’s Alex Plotkowski were honored by DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office for development of novel high-performance alloys that can withstand extreme environments.

Newswise:Video Embedded a-more-holistic-and-efficient-way-of-testing-ppe
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Released: 2-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
A more holistic and efficient way of testing PPE
Sandia National Laboratories

A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a faster and more comprehensive way of testing personal protective equipment, or PPE. The basic principle: modeling a device to fit the human form and human behavior.

Released: 2-Aug-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $28.5 Million for LaserNetUS
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced $28.5 million for LaserNetUS to advance discovery science and inertial fusion energy.

Newswise: Scientists discover unusual ultrafast motion in layered magnetic materials
Released: 2-Aug-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Scientists discover unusual ultrafast motion in layered magnetic materials
Argonne National Laboratory

A team of researchers report a mechanical response across a layered magnetic material tied to changing its electron spin. This response could have important applications in nanodevices requiring ultra-precise and fast motion control.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 11:50 AM EDT
A novel laser slicing technique for diamond semiconductors
Chiba University

Silicon-based materials are currently the undisputed leaders in the field of semiconductors. Even so, scientists around the world are actively trying to find superior alternatives for next-generation electronics and high-power systems.

Newswise: A stitch in virtual time saves nine in real time
Released: 31-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
A stitch in virtual time saves nine in real time
Argonne National Laboratory

Time is precious to everyone. Digital twin under development at Argonne will allow scientists to conduct virtual experiments that will later maximize use of time in real experiments at large user facilities.

Newswise: Way cool: UVA professor developing ‘freeze ray’ technology for the Air Force
Released: 31-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Way cool: UVA professor developing ‘freeze ray’ technology for the Air Force
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

You know that freeze-ray gun that “Batman” villain Mr. Freeze uses to “ice” his enemies? A University of Virginia professor thinks he may have figured out how to make one in real life.

Released: 28-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Texas Tech Physicist Lands NSF Grant
Texas Tech University

Myoung-Hwan Kim’s research will look to resolve quantum computing challenges.

Released: 28-Jul-2023 12:50 PM EDT
Researchers reveal a powerful platform for studying high-entropy alloy electrocatalysis
Tohoku University

Introduced in 2004, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) are alloys composed of multiple principal elements in nearly equiatomic proportions.

Released: 27-Jul-2023 12:50 PM EDT
University of Delaware's Laure Kayser named 2023 Beckman Young Investigator
University of Delaware

The award will support Kayser's research on engineering devices for assistive soft robotics and tactile displays.

Released: 27-Jul-2023 11:15 AM EDT
Fullerene-pillared porous graphene with high water adsorption capacity
Chiba University

A team of researchers from Japan has fabricated fullerene-pillared porous graphene (FPPG)—a carbon composite comprising nanocarbons—using a bottom-up approach with highly designable and controllable pore structures.

Newswise: Making Renewable, Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Using Bacteria
25-Jul-2023 6:45 PM EDT
Making Renewable, Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Using Bacteria
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In a study published today, researchers successfully engineered microbes to make biological alternatives for the starting ingredients in an infinitely recyclable plastic known as poly(diketoenamine), or PDK.

Released: 25-Jul-2023 5:05 PM EDT
A nano switchable polar column system that allows high-density data storage
Chiba University

In today’s world of digital information, an enormous amount of data is exchanged and stored on a daily basis. In the 1980s, IBM unveiled the first hard drive—which was the size of a refrigerator—that could store 1 GB of data, but now we have memory devices that have a thousand-fold greater data-storage capacity and can easily fit in the palm of our hand.

Newswise: Towards artificial photosynthesis with engineering of protein crystals in bacteria
Released: 25-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Towards artificial photosynthesis with engineering of protein crystals in bacteria
Tokyo Institute of Technology

In-cell engineering can be a powerful tool for synthesizing functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties.

Newswise: Masters of defects
Released: 25-Jul-2023 7:20 AM EDT
Masters of defects
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Bruno Schuler and his young team are embarking on an ambitious research project: He will selectively generate defects in atomically-thin semiconductor layers and attempt to measure and control their quantum properties with simultaneous picosecond temporal resolu­tion and atomic precision. The resulting insights are expected to establish fundamental knowledge for future quantum computers.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 5:10 PM EDT
An innovative addition to the chemist’s ‘toolbox’
University of Missouri, Columbia

Microscopic materials made of clay designed by researchers at the University of Missouri could be key to the future of synthetic materials chemistry.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Nano-Size Carbon Material Could Be Used To Treat Down Syndrome
Texas A&M University

A new study describes how a novel nanomaterial can treat disorders of toxic levels of hydrogen sulfide that occur in Down syndrome and many other disorders.

   
Released: 21-Jul-2023 3:20 PM EDT
Spallation Neutron Source accelerator achieves world-record 1.7-megawatt power level to enable more scientific discoveries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its particle accelerator beam operating power reached 1.7 megawatts, substantially improving on the facility’s original design capability.

Newswise: ‘Secret sauce’ enables new way to fabricate compositionally graded alloys
Released: 21-Jul-2023 9:45 AM EDT
‘Secret sauce’ enables new way to fabricate compositionally graded alloys
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Research into a new, unique technology to fabricate composite metal parts for a wide range of applications operating in extreme environments across the aviation, space and energy industries is showing promise for additive manufacturing.

Newswise: Finding Game-Changing Superconductors with Machine Learning Tools
Released: 20-Jul-2023 5:35 PM EDT
Finding Game-Changing Superconductors with Machine Learning Tools
University of California San Diego

Superconductors - found in MRI machines, nuclear fusion reactors and magnetic-levitation trains - work by conducting electricity with no resistance at temperatures near absolute zero, or -459.67F. The search for a conventional superconductor that can function at room temperature has been ongoing for roughly a century, but research has sped up dramatically in the last decade because of new advances in machine learning (ML) using supercomputers such as Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego.

Newswise: Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing
Released: 20-Jul-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing
Rice University

Visible light is a mere fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the manipulation of light waves at frequencies beyond human vision has enabled such technologies as cell phones and CT scans. Rice University researchers have a plan for leveraging a previously unused portion of the spectrum.

Newswise:Video Embedded burning-calories-for-energy-in-the-calorimetry-lab
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Released: 20-Jul-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Burning Calories for Energy in the Calorimetry Lab
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Research in the Energy Sciences Center explores how heat changes in chemical reactions, paving the way for more efficient fuels and processes.

Newswise: Researchers Achieve Interdimensional Superconductivity
Released: 19-Jul-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Researchers Achieve Interdimensional Superconductivity
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Although electrons usually move in three dimensions, scientists can force electrons to move in two dimensions (2D) by creating ultra-thin materials. In this new work, however, researchers found that by adding superconductivity to 3D electrons in a bulk material, the superconducting electrons form 2D superconducting “puddles.” These puddles of electrons may be a way for some superconductors to reorganize themselves before undergoing an abrupt phase transition into an insulating state.

Released: 19-Jul-2023 12:30 PM EDT
From nature, a solution to save coral from climate change
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Researchers demonstrates the efficacy of curcumin, a natural antioxidant substance extracted from turmeric, in reducing coral bleaching, a phenomenon caused primarily by climate change.

Newswise: ‘Stunning’ discovery: Metals can heal themselves
17-Jul-2023 9:15 AM EDT
‘Stunning’ discovery: Metals can heal themselves
Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Texas A&M University announce the first observation of a self-healing metal. If harnessed, the newly discovered phenomenon could someday lead to engines, bridges and airplanes that reverse damage caused by wear and tear, making them safer and longer-lasting.

Newswise: Researchers put a new twist on graphite
18-Jul-2023 8:15 AM EDT
Researchers put a new twist on graphite
University of Washington

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington reports that it is possible to imbue graphite — the bulk, 3D material found in No. 2 pencils – with "exotic" physical properties similar to graphite’s 2D counterpart, graphene.

Newswise: Scientists use ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to learn how cicada wings kill bacteria
Released: 18-Jul-2023 2:10 PM EDT
Scientists use ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to learn how cicada wings kill bacteria
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Over the past decade, teams of engineers, chemists and biologists have analyzed the physical and chemical properties of cicada wings, hoping to unlock the secret of their ability to kill microbes on contact. If this function of nature can be replicated by science, it may lead to products with inherently antibacterial surfaces that are more effective than current chemical treatments.

   
Newswise: Structure of the elusive boron monoxide finally determined after 83 years
Released: 18-Jul-2023 9:50 AM EDT
Structure of the elusive boron monoxide finally determined after 83 years
Ames National Laboratory

In an effort to discover new 2D materials, a team of scientists from Ames National Laboratory determined the structure of boron monoxide using new NMR methods and previously unavailable analytical tools.

Newswise: Xiaodong Xu: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Released: 17-Jul-2023 11:20 AM EDT
Xiaodong Xu: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Department of Energy, Office of Science

University of Washington professor Xiaodong Xu studies the properties of single atomic layer semiconductors, looking for new materials and new ways to control electrical conductivity.

Newswise: Developing new materials to accelerate the arrival of 'air taxis'
Released: 17-Jul-2023 12:00 AM EDT
Developing new materials to accelerate the arrival of 'air taxis'
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that Dr. Jaewoo Kim of the Solutions to Electromagnetic Interference in Future-mobility(SEIF), together with Prof. Seonghoon Kim of Hanyang University and Prof. O-bong Yang of Jeonbuk National University has successfully developed a 100% SRC using only one type of polypropylene (PP) polymer.

Newswise: Scientists knit futuristic eco-building designs using fungal networks
Released: 14-Jul-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Scientists knit futuristic eco-building designs using fungal networks
Frontiers

Scientists hoping to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry have developed a way to grow building materials using knitted molds and the root network of fungi.



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