Science

Five Berkeley Lab Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

Five scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science to receive significant funding for research through its Early Career Research Program.

NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching for the Stars After 40 Years

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An artist concept depicting one of the twin Voyager spacecraft. Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft are...

High-speed FM-AFM and simulation reveal atomistic dissolution processes of calcite in water

(a) Atomistic model of calcite surface. (b) The dissolution processes of calcite surface in water observed with high-speed FM-AFM. It is observed that the step is moving from lower-right to upper-left. Along the step is also seen the transition region...

Scientists discover new magnet with nearly massless charge carriers

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The magnetic and electronic states of newly discovered Sr1-yMn1-zSb2 are depicted by spheres representing the positions of the atoms in the...

NASA Solves a Drizzle Riddle

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Drizzle over land.

Eclipse Balloons to Study Effect of Mars-Like Environment on Life

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This picture of Montana was taken from the stratosphere (84,000 feet or 25,000 meters) during one of Montana Space Grant...

Physicists gain new insights into nanosystems with spherical confinement: Enormous potential for the targeted delivery of pharmaceutical agents and the creation of tailored nanoparticles

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Bipolar structure assembled of stiff polymers at low densities.

Rice U. scientists map ways forward for lithium-ion batteries for extreme environments: Paper details developments toward high-temperature batteries

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A map created by materials scientists at Rice University will help labs develop lithium-ion batteries for extreme environments.