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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-May-2025 10:08 ET (1-May-2025 14:08 GMT/UTC)

X-ray imagery of vibrating diamond opens avenues for quantum sensing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center, scientists at three research institutions capture the pulsing motion of atoms in diamond, uncovering the relationship between the diamond’s strain and the behavior of the quantum information hosted within.

Journal: Physical Review Applied

Born to modulate: Researchers reveal origins of climate-controlling particles

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Aerosol particles imbue climate models with uncertainty. New work by PNNL researchers reveals where in the world and under what conditions new particles are born.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Atomic 'GPS' elucidates movement during ultrafast material transitions

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created the first-ever atomic movies showing how atoms rearrange locally within a quantum material as it transitions from an insulator to a metal. With the help of these movies, the researchers discovered a new material phase that settles a yearslong scientific debate and could facilitate the design of new transitioning materials with commercial applications.

Journal: Nature Materials

Pioneering the cellular frontier

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists use a multimodal approach that combines hard X-ray computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence imaging to see the structure and chemical processes inside of a single cell.

Journal: Nature Communications

Argonne-led research working toward reducing electronic waste with biodegradable luminescent polymers

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Argonne-led research working toward reducing electronic waste with biodegradable luminescent polymers with high light-emitting efficiencies.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

A new approach to accelerate the discovery of quantum materials

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have successfully demonstrated an innovative approach to find breakthrough materials for quantum applications. The approach uses rapid computing methods to predict the properties of hundreds of materials, identifying short lists of the most promising ones. Then, precise fabrication methods are used to make the short-list materials and further evaluate their properties.

Journal: Nature Communications

Scientists develop new artificial intelligence method to create material ‘fingerprints’

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray science.

Journal: Nature

Caught in the actinium

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers grew crystals containing actinium and illuminated them with X-rays to learn how the radioactive metal binds with other elements. That information could help design better cancer treatments.

Journal: Nature Communications

Detecting defects in tomorrow’s technology

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from PPPL and the University of Delaware offers an enhanced understanding of common defects in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) — a potential replacement for silicon in computer chips — and lays the foundation for etching smaller features.

Journal: 2D Materials
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, U.S. National Science Foundation

SLAC researchers pioneer new methods in ultrafast science for sharper molecular movies

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SLAC’s “electron camera” can reveal some of nature’s ultrafast processes. Now, researchers across the lab have collaborated to achieve improvements to that tool to make its molecular movies even sharper, keeping SLAC at the forefront of pioneering tools for ultrafast science.

Journal: Structural Dynamics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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