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ORNL–Eck Industries Partnership Fast-tracks High-performance Alloys to Market

04.11.19 Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Eck Industries R&D staff are using the VULCAN instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source to examine iterations of their cerium-aluminum alloy.
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Newly Devised STatic Negative Capacitor Could Improve Computing

04.11.19 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, together with collaborators in France and Russia, have created a permanent static “negative capacitor,” a device thought to have been in violation of physical laws until about a decade ago.
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New Microscopy Method Provides More Details About Nanocomposites

04.11.19 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have developed a new microscopy approach for imaging gel nanocomposites in their natural state, which will reveal more useful information about their assembly and properties.
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Synergy for Storage: Containing Nuclear Waste for Thousands of Years

The diverse team at the WastePD Energy Frontier Research Center is learning the secrets of storage materials to contain Cold War leftovers. Read More »
Neutrons Paint Atomic Portrait of Prototypical Cell Signaling Enzyme

Direct observations of the structure and catalytic mechanism of a prototypical kinase enzyme—protein kinase A or PKA—will provide researchers and drug developers with significantly enhanced abilities to understand and treat fatal diseases and neurological disorders such as cancer, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis. Read More
Funding:Department of Energy Announces $6.8 Million for Research on Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics

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New Quantum Material Could Warn of Neurological Disease
What if the brain could detect its own disease? Researchers have been trying to create a material that “thinks” like the brain does, which would be more sensitive to early signs of neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s. Thinking is a long way off, but Purdue University and Argonne National Laboratory researchers have engineered a new material that can at least “listen.”
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Research Team Builds Quantum Network with Long-Distance Entanglement
Scientists from Stony Brook University, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, and DOE’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) are collaborating on an experiment that puts U.S. quantum networking research on the international map.
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Air Quality Agencies Can Breathe Easier About Current Emissions Regulations
A University of Washington-led study provides a fuller picture of the relationship between nitrogen oxides — the tailpipe-generated particles at the center of the Volkswagen scandal, also known as NOx, — and PM2.5, the microscopic particles that can lodge in lungs.
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