Category: DOE Science News

Voronoi tessellation meshes focus on sea ice areas of interest and reduce computer resource needs.

A newly discovered excited state in radioactive sodium-32 has an unusually long lifetime, and its shape dynamics could be the cause.

Scientists investigate neutrinoless double beta decay through neutrino mass and the nuclear structure of germanium-76.

New theoretical work indicates that the future Electron Ion Collider can be used to measure the shape of atomic nuclei.

Measurements of the nuclear structure of cesium-136 open a new channel for measurements of astrophysical neutrinos and searches for dark matter.

Solving atomic structure and binding for improved antiviral drugs.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence accelerate nanomaterials investigations.

Scientists develop a multimodal imaging approach to study microbe–semiconductor biohybrids at the single-cell to single-molecule level.

New computational methods “fingerprint” polymer motions under flow.

Crystalline nanoribbons synthesized to resonate with infrared light for imaging, sensing, and signaling pass a crucial test.

Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor precisely measures the antineutrino energy spectrum.

New tools borrowed from quantum computing will improve the detection of X-rays and gamma-rays.

Scientists discover a mechanism for plant-microbe interactions.

Understanding defects paves the way for longer lifetimes for sodium-ion batteries — and lower energy storage costs.

Scientists take pictures of a nuclear reaction in the laboratory to understand processes inside the cores of stars.

A graphene-insulator coating enables scientists to tune the energy required to liberate electrons from semiconductors.

Ultrafast X-ray studies reveal the existence of Superionic Ice XIX, which could explain the unusual magnetic fields of icy giant planets.

Nuclear theorists study muon capture on deuteron to understand proton-proton fusion and the hydrogen burning phases of stars.

A tungsten carbide catalyst can produce a hydrocarbon from carbon dioxide at high rates and high efficiency.

A unique study of a key reaction in X-ray burst nucleosynthesis bolsters the theoretical models used to calculate reaction rates.

By collecting the locations of 1,000-plus chloroplast-associated proteins, the atlas offers insights into protein functions and chloroplast organization.

New results will help physicists interpret experimental data from particle collisions and better understand the interactions of quarks and gluons.

Scientists freeze and cut a battery in half to look inside and reveal why it fails.

MemHC improves the efficiency of complex supercomputer physics calculations by optimizing memory management.

Researchers find a way to improve the stability of hybrid organic-inorganic crystals called mixed halide-perovskites, a promising material for solar cells.

Scientists illuminate the quantum dynamics of electrons in highly excited molecules.

A molecule found in combustion on Earth and surrounding some stars can lead to the formation of an important organic hydrocarbon.

Bright electron beams unlock the study of small, thin materials on ultrafast timescales.

Understanding radium’s chemistry increases the likelihood of using it for targeted alpha therapy in soft tissue.

X-rays penetrate a working electrode to determine the structure and chemistry in play when water enters the electrochemically active layers.

For the first time, scientists observe a new and rare decay mode where oxygen-13 breaks into three helium nuclei and a proton following beta decay.

Scientists can now verify theoretical predictions using one-dimensional compositions grown in-situ at a synchrotron spectroscopy station.

Researchers advance the use of cerium/lanthanum-134 for medical scans in actinium-225 cancer therapy.

New calculations suggest that high energy quarks should scatter wider and faster in hot quark matter than can be accounted for by local interactions.

Package provides end-to-end analysis of microscopy images for accelerated materials research.

First measurements of how hypernuclei flow from particle collisions may give insight into the strange matter makeup and properties of neutron stars.

Modern nuclear theory predicts that nucleons appear less “squishy” when probed with neutrinos than was previously inferred from experimental data.