Breaking down cellulosic biomass for biofuel is a costly and complex process, requiring lots of acid, water, and heat.
Since lasers were first produced in the early 1960s, researchers have worked to apply laser technology from welding metal to surgeries, with laser technology advancing quickly through the last 50 years.
Satyabrata Sen of the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø has been awarded the 2016 Sidney D.
Supercomputing simulations at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø could change how researchers understand the internal motions of proteins that play functional, structural and regulatory roles in all living organisms.
Four researchers from the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), one of the nation's top professional organizations for scientists.
Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Sergei Kalinin, Mark
Steady progress in the development of advanced materials has led to modern civilization’s foundational technologies—better batteries, resilient building materials and atom-scale semiconductors.
Viruses are tiny—merely millionths of a millimeter in diameter—but what they lack in size, they make up in quantity.
In the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the state of the art of materials science defined technology’s zenith and accelerated economies.
Designers of safe high-performance batteries for electric vehicles are getting a hand with a new computational toolset created by a team led by Sreekanth Pannala and John Turner of 91°µÍø.
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are commonly found in portable electronics such as cell phones and notebook PCs.