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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jun-2025 18:09 ET (15-Jun-2025 22:09 GMT/UTC)

Constriction junction, do you function?

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that a type of qubit whose architecture is more amenable to mass production can perform comparably to qubits currently dominating the field. With a series of mathematical analyses, the scientists have provided a roadmap for simpler qubit fabrication that enables robust and reliable manufacturing of these quantum computer building blocks.

Journal: Physical Review A

Molecular simulations, supercomputing lead to energy-saving biomaterials breakthrough

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by scientists at ORNL identified and demonstrated a method to process a plant-based material called nanocellulose that reduced energy needs by a whopping 21%, using simulations on the lab’s supercomputers and follow-on analysis.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published today in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries their first charge at unusually high currents increased their average lifespan by 50% while decreasing the initial charging time from 10 hours to just 20 minutes.

Journal: Joule

Swifter simulations for modern science. All of it

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a machine learning paper recently published in the journal npj Computational Materials, a team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Brown University have introduced a universal way to accelerate virtually any kind of simulation.

Journal: npj Computational Materials

A visionary approach: How an Argonne team developed accessible maps for colorblind scientists

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory worked with the Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) community to create CVD-friendly colormaps that are more inclusive and accessible.

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Researchers observe “locked” electron pairs in a superconductor cuprate

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The finding could help future efforts to design superconductors that work at higher temperatures.

Journal: Science

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