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Less is More: Berkeley Lab Breaks New Ground in Data Center Optimization
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's decades of leadership in designing & enhancing energy-efficient data centers is being applied to NERSC supercomputing resources through a collaboration that's using operational data analytics to...
Illuminating interactions between decision-making and the environment
In a heavily polluted environment, does it make more sense for a company to keep polluting or start cleaning up its act? If it chooses to employ cleaner technologies and...
New world record for conversion of solar energy to electricity using quantum dots
Researchers have set a world record for the conversion of solar energy to electricity via the use of tiny nanoparticles called 'quantum dots'. The technology has a huge range of...
Unusual monooxygenase mechanism adds oxygen to molecules without oxidizing them
Aminoperoxide adduct on the enzyme's cofactor leads to these nonoxidative oxygenation reactions
Great mini fridges for your dorm, office, and studio
Fridges for any room. (Depositphotos /)Mini fridges are most commonly found in dorms and hotel rooms, but they can add comfort and convenience to spaces of all kinds. A mini fridge in...
Simulations unveil Grignard reactions' complex mechanism
Detailed models highlight a key role for solvents
Creating custom light using 2D materials
Making artificial structures that emit light tailored to our specific needs is an even more attractive proposition. However, light emission in a semi-conductor only occurs when certain conditions are met....
Highly sensitive sensors show promise in enhancing human touch
People rely on a highly tuned sense of touch to manipulate objects, but injuries to the skin and the simple act of wearing gloves can impair this ability. Scientists report...
Improving the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-based fibers
Researchers recently developed a technique that can be used to build carbon-nanotube-based fibers by creating chemical crosslinks. The technique improves the electrical and mechanical properties of these materials.
Getting a grip: An innovative mechanical controller design for robot-assisted surgery
Scientists designed a new type of controller for the robotic arm used in robotic surgery. Their controller combines the two distinct types of gripping used in commercially available robotic systems...
Zero’s new electric motorcycle directs the wind around the rider for a more comfortable cruise
The new electric SR/S street bike. (Zero Motorcycles/)We’re well into the age of electric motorcycles. Harley-Davidson makes the electron-fueled LiveWire, and Damon is eyeing 2021 for delivery of its HyperSport. And today, Zero...
Argonne and UChicago scientists take important step in developing national quantum internet
Real-world experiment in Chicago suburbs achieves quantum entanglement across 52-mile fiber network
What if we could teach photons to behave like electrons?
To develop futuristic technologies like quantum computers, scientists will need to find ways to control photons, the basic particles of light, just as precisely as they can already control electrons,...
Notre Dame physicists see nuclear wobbling in one isotope of gold
University of Notre Dame researchers and collaborators recently discovered that some nuclei wobble on their intermediate axes.
Cobalt supply can meet demand for electric vehicle and electronics batteries
Supplies of the cobalt are adequate in the short term, but shortages could develop down the road if refining and recycling aren't ramped up or made more efficient, according to...
Walking the wire: Real-time imaging helps reveal active sites of photocatalysts
Nanoscale photocatalysts are small, man-made particles that harvest energy from sunlight to produce liquid fuels and other useful chemicals. But even within the same batch, the particles tend to vary...
Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago announce successful tests on quantum loop -- a precursor for the national quantum internet
LEMONT, IL - On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at noon CST, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Paul M. Dabbar will announce scientists from Argonne National Laboratory...
Netflix acquires 'Don't Look Up' with Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence will star in "Don't Look Up," a new comedy film from "The Big Short" director Adam McKay.
Air Force delivers new self-defense rifle for aircrews after an ejection
The Air Force announced Wednesday that the Gunsmith Shop has completed delivery of a new rifle -- known as the Air Crew Self Defense Weapon, or GAU-5A -- for aircrews...
Watch: Mandy Moore revisits 'This is Us' audition tape
Mandy Moore, who plays Rebecca Pearson on "This is Us," shared footage from her audition and her chemistry read with Milo Ventimiglia.
Air Force delivers new self-defense rifle for aircrew after an ejection
The Air Force announced Wednesday that the Gunsmith Shop has completed delivery of a new rifle -- known as the Air Crew Self Defense Weapon, or GAU-5A -- for aircrew...
A spookily good sensor
Scientists from the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) at The University of Tokyo demonstrated a method for coupling a magnetic sphere with a sensor via the strange...
Five millimeter diameter motor is powered directly with light
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, with colleagues from Poland and China used liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a rotary micromotor powered with light....
Cobalt supply can meet demand for electric vehicle and electronics batteries
Greater use of electric vehicles might be good for the environment, but further growth hinges on continued availability of critical battery components such as cobalt. Cell phones and other electronics...
'Flapping wings' powered by the sun
In ancient Greek mythology, Icarus' wax wings melted when he dared to fly too close to the sun. Now, researchers have made artificial wings that are actually powered by the...
Cannabis extract prices vary 'wildly' between provincially run stores
A CBC News analysis has revealed the price of cannabis extracts varies widely across Canada, with the same product sometimes costing three and a half times more in one provincially...
Keeping it simple—Synthesizing useful organic compounds now made easier and cheaper
The Suzuki-Miyaura reaction is a well-known chemical process in which a reaction between organic boronic acids and aryl halides leads to the synthesis of "biaryl" compounds, which are important components...
'Flapping wings' powered by the Sun
In ancient Greek mythology, Icarus' wax wings melted when he dared to fly too close to the sun. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have made artificial...