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New Fuel Cell Design Powered by Graphene-Wrapped Nanocrystals

03.14.16 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new materials recipe for a battery-like hydrogen fuel cell—which surrounds hydrogen-absorbing magnesium nanocrystals with atomically thin graphene sheets—to push its performance forward in key areas.
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Chromium Breaks the Toughest of Bonds, with the Right Support

03.11.16 At the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, scientists showed what it takes to make long-overlooked chromium help form ammonia; this work is a critical step in controlling a reaction that could store electrons from intermittent wind and solar stations in use-any-time fuels.
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Boeing Catches Caution from the Wind

03.11.16 Through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge, via the OLCF’s HPC Industrial Partnerships Program, Boeing used the Jaguar supercomputer, aiming to establish more reliable computational methods for estimating high-lift (takeoff/landing) characteristics for its commercial transport aircraft.
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Featured Articles

Biofuel Tech Straight from the Farm

Research team taps EMSL and DOE JGI to harness promising fungi found in manure. Read More
Titan Probes Depths of Biofuel’s Biggest Barrier

ORNL researchers’ 23.7-million atom system demonstrates why lignin is such a problem. Read More
Scientists Guide Gold Nanoparticles to Form "Diamond" Superlattices

DNA scaffolds cage and coax nanoparticles into position to form crystalline arrangements that mimic the atomic structure of diamond. Read More

University Research

Riedo Leads Novel Study on Designing Reconfigurable Magnetic Nanopatterns
A team of international scientists led by researchers of the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and the Politecnico of Milan in Italy has demonstrated a novel approach for designing fully reconfigurable magnetic nanopatterns whose properties and functionality can be programmed and reprogrammed on-demand.
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Study Offers Clearest Picture Yet of How HIV Defeats a Cellular Defender
Univeristy of Illinois physics professor Klaus Schulten and postdoctoral researcher Juan Perilla used experimental data and computer simulations to determine how a human protein that aids HIV infection binds to the HIV capsid.
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Arctic Tundra
Neil Sturchio, professor and chair of the University of Delaware’s Department of Geological Sciences, is exploring how the thawing of permafrost, a subsurface layer of soil that remains mostly frozen throughout the year, affects vegetation and the carbon cycle in the Toolik Lake area of the Alaska’s North Slope.
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