Old Material Makes a New Debut. . . Saren Johnton
Ames Laboratory physicists are lavishing their attention on an old material with newly
discovered superconducting capabilities. In quick order, they have described the mechanism
of superconductivity in the material, mapped its properties and made it into wire
segments.
Molecular Roller Coaster Analyzes Compounds . . . Robert Mills
An analytical method developed at the Ames Laboratory provides a powerful new tool for
chemists and biologists—and leads to the launch of a new company.
Polymers Plus Quasicrystals Equals A
Puzzling Interaction . . . Mary Jo Glanville
Valerie Sheares took two materials that don’t like contact with other things, mixed
them together and created a composite that has amazing properties.
Closing in on Cancer . . .
Saren Johnston
Ames Laboratory’s novel biosensor technology could ease the process of determining an
individual’s risk of getting cancer.
Dirty Coal, Clean Power
. . . Kerry Gibson
Ames Lab metallurgists are closing in on a metal filter material that can withstand the
high temperatures and corrosive environments inside coal-fired power plants.
InTouch
Get in touch with more of Ames Lab’s successful science.
Building the Buckyball a Bowl at a Time.
. . Kerry Gibson
Most of us recognize carbon as a black powered, a sparkling diamond,
or the graphite used in pencil lead and golf club shafts. But it’s a much rarer form
of carbon—the buckyball—that intrigues Peter Rabideau.
Random Acts of Brightness.
. . Saren Johnston
A computer model developed by Ames Laboratory theoretical physicists is lending
credibility to observations of unexpected and amazing laser activity in materials that
trap and scatter light.
New Life for Old Scrap. . .
Kerry Gibson
When a computer material can’t easily be broken down into its various components,
recycling it poses a problem, especially when one of those components is the valuable
rare-earth element, neodymium. But two Ames Lab scientists have found a way to keep
element number 60 on the periodic table from winding up on the scrap heap.
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