Harnessing the power of the sun and creating light-harvesting or light-sensing devices requires a material that both absorbs light efficiently and converts the energy to highly mobile electrical current. Finding the ideal mix of properties in a single material is a challenge, so scientists have been experimenting with ways to combine different materials to create […]
Scientists Study the Insulator-Superconductor Transition of Copper-Oxide Compound in Fine Detail
Using a highly controlled deposition technique, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have synthesized ultrathin films containing multiple samples of a copper-oxide compound to study the compound’s electronic behavior at near absolute zero, or minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit. This technique, as described in a paper published in this week’s Online […]
Physicists Zoom In On Gluons’ Contribution to Proton Spin
By analyzing the highest-energy proton collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, nuclear physicists have gotten a glimpse of how a multitude of gluons that individually carry very little of the protons’ overall momentum contribute to the protons’ spin. The data […]
Scientists Guide Gold Nanoparticles to Form ‘Diamond’ Superlattices
Using bundled strands of DNA to build Tinkertoy-like tetrahedral cages, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have devised a way to trap and arrange nanoparticles in a way that mimics the crystalline structure of diamond. The achievement of this complex yet elegant arrangement, as described in a paper published February 5, […]
New lenses grown layer-by-layer increase X-ray power
When you’re working with the brightest x-ray light source in the world, it’s crucial that you make use of as many of the photons produced as possible. That’s why physicists Hanfei Yan and Nathalie Bouet at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) are developing new lenses that focus x-ray beams to smaller spot sizes […]
Top Battery Innovator to Lead Energy Research at Brookhaven Lab
Prolific and award-winning inventor and electrochemist Esther Takeuchi joins BNL June 8, 2012 UPTON, NY – The hunt for renewable energy sources sits at the heart of the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) mission, part of a plan to improve national security, diminish adverse environmental impact, and raise people’s quality of life. Equally critical […]
Scientists ID Mechanism for Regulating Plant Oil Production
Findings suggest ways to increase oil production for biofuels and industrial processes June 4, 2012 UPTON, NY — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified key elements in the biochemical mechanism plants use to limit the production of fatty acids. The results suggest ways scientists might target those biochemical pathways […]
Mathematician Ingrid Daubechies to Speak on ‘Surfing with Wavelets’ at Brookhaven Lab, June 7
May 22, 2012 UPTON, NY — Ingrid Daubechies, a physicist and mathematician will give a talk entitled, “Surfing With Wavelets” at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Thursday, June 7, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) Brookhaven Science Associates, (the company that manages the Lab), […]
Groundbreaking Results Promise Smaller, Cheaper Therapy Machines that Could Revolutionise Cancer Treatment and More
Contacts: Karen McNulty Walsh, (631) 344-8350 or Peter Genzer, (631) 344-3174 The following news release is being issued today by the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the UK. It describes a prototype of a new kind of particle accelerator with applications for physics research, medical therapies, and other fields. The accelerator was developed in […]
Innovation Award
Contacts: Diane Greenberg, (631) 344-2347 or Peter Genzer, (631) 344-3174 Zhu said, “The nanoprobe enables researchers to simultaneously measure a material’s structural behavior under various stimuli, including electric, optical, and mechanical ones, and to evaluate its functionality and performance. Here, simultaneously is the key. For example, if we want to improve the efficiency of a […]