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Putting a new spin on Majorana fermions

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have proposed a new method for producing more robust Majorana fermions, a kind of quasiparticle that could act as stable bits of information in next-generation quantum computers.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Illuminating water filtration

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, a team of researchers from Stony Brook University and the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed the molecular structure of membranes used in reverse osmosis. The research is reported in a recently published paper in ACS Macro Letters, a journal of the American Chemical Society.

Journal: ACS Macro Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

Brookhaven Lab publishes second edition of nuclear nonproliferation textbook

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Book Announcement

Brookhaven Lab has published the second edition of 'Deterring Nuclear Proliferation: The Importance of IAEA Safeguards.' The textbook describes important changes to the implementation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards since the first edition was published in 2013. It also chronicles IAEA's verification role in Iran that began in 2015.

Cause of cathode degradation identified for nickel-rich materials

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists including researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have identified the causes of degradation in a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, as well as possible remedies. Their findings, published on March 7, 2019, in Advanced Functional Materials, could lead to the development of more affordable and better performing batteries for electric vehicles.

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials
Funder: DOE's Office of Science and the National Science Foundation, DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, National Science Foundation

Sea quark surprise reveals deeper complexity in proton spin puzzle

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New data from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) add detail -- and complexity -- to an intriguing puzzle that scientists have been seeking to solve: how the building blocks that make up a proton contribute to its spin. The results reveal that different 'flavors' of antiquarks contribute differently to the proton's overall spin -- and in a way that's opposite to those flavors' relative abundance.

Journal: Physical Review D
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

James Wishart Awarded Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

James Wishart, a chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been awarded the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal by the Polish Radiation Research Society (PRRS). The award recognizes his distinguished achievements in the field of radiation chemistry and his long-lasting and productive interactions with Polish scientists.

Meet Raffaele Miceli: Using math and physics to build visualizations for discovery science

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Raffaele Miceli has been interning on and off at Brookhaven Lab over the course of nearly eight years, most recently tackling problems of quantum systems. Learn how these internships helped him bridge from high school to college and pave the way for graduate studies in mathematics.

Meet Catherine Trewhella: Mapping terrestrial analogs for martian samples

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Catherine Trewhella, a recent graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and current intern at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, is taking a microscopic look at rocks at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a DOE Office of Science user facility. Her research will help prepare scientists for analyzing samples brought back from outer space, specifically Mars.

Startup time for ion collisions exploring the phases of nuclear matter

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

January 2 marked the startup of the 19th year of physics operations at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, a particle collider for nuclear physics research at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Physicists will conduct a series of experiments to explore innovative beam-cooling technologies and further map out the conditions created by collisions at various energies.

Carrying and releasing nanoscale cargo with 'nanowrappers'

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists made hollow nanosized boxes with corner holes, demonstrating how these "nanowrappers" can carry and release DNA-coated nanoparticles.

Journal: ACS Central Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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