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Scientists calculate predictions for meson measurements

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Calculations of charge distribution in mesons provide benchmark for experimental measurements and validate widely used 'factorization' method for imaging the building blocks of matter.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Imaging nuclear shapes by smashing them to smithereens

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have demonstrated a new way to use high-energy particle smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to reveal subtle details about the shapes of atomic nuclei. The method is complementary to lower energy techniques for determining nuclear structure. It will add depth to scientists’ understanding of the nuclei that make up the bulk of visible matter.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New study: Earthquake prediction techniques lend quick insight into strength, reliability of materials

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions may impact the degradation and failure of materials used for advanced solar panels, geological carbon sequestration and infrastructure such as buildings, roads and bridges.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy

Ensuring a bright future for diamond electronics and sensors

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To expand the potential use of diamond in semiconductor and quantum technologies, researchers are developing improved processes for growing the material at lower temperatures that won’t damage the silicon in computer chips. These advances include insights into creating protective hydrogen layers on quantum diamonds without damaging crucial properties like nitrogen-vacancy centers.

Journal: Diamond and Related Materials
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, Australian Research Council

Synthetic genes engineered to mimic how cells build tissues and structures

University of California - Los Angeles
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build intracellular structures through a cascading sequence that builds self-assembling structures piece by piece. The discovery offers a path toward using a suite of simple building blocks that can be programmed to make complex biomolecular materials, such as nanoscale tubes from DNA tiles. The same components can also be programmed to break up the design for different materials.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Italian Ministry of University and Research, NextGenerationEU

Forging a mathematical path to hybrid mesons

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

New 2024 American Physical Society Fellow Jozef Dudek is pursuing theoretical descriptions of exotic hadrons, a yet-untallied group of short-lived subatomic cousins of the proton and neutron, those more familiar atomic building blocks.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Transportation electrification research wins $1 million DOE grant

University of Arkansas
Grant and Award Announcement

Department of Energy award funds research into high-voltage power modules that would make EV charging stations smaller, more efficient and more reliable.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Trees cool better than reflective roofs in vulnerable Houston neighborhoods

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As heatwaves become more intense, cities are looking for strategies that can help keep neighborhoods cooler. A new tool developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has already helped identify potential solutions in Houston, a city where the impact of heat can vary significantly in different communities.

Journal: PNAS Nexus
Funder: NASA Earth Science Technology Office, NOAA Research, DOE/US Department of Energy

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