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Pat Thiel's research commemorated in special journal issue

The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology highlights the research accomplishments of Ames Lab scientist.

Rxn Rover software helps small chem labs easily access AI for reaction optimization

A new open-source software helps small chem labs access artificial intelligence.

A 'fairly simple' breakthrough makes accessing stored hydrogen more efficient

A new catalyst extracts hydrogen from hydrogen storage materials easily and efficiently.

Conceptual art, hydrogen storage catalysis

Ames Lab awarded up to $2.89M for fundamental rare-earth separations research

A team led by scientists at Ames Laboratory will research separation processes taking place in ionic adsorption clays

Porting a computational chemistry code to exascale architectures

A series aimed at sharing best practices in preparing applications for the supercomputer Aurora

NWChemEx: Computational Chemistry Code for the Exascale Era

A team working on biofuel research is rewriting the decades-old NWChem software program for the exascale era.

Ames Lab 101: What is NMR?

This video feature explains one of Ames Laboratory's most powerful tools of scientific investigation and discovery: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

New NMR spectroscopy research reveals the dynamics of catalysts in 3D space

The achievement gives researchers new insights into how these catalysts work

Inside cover art, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Review in Nanoscale highlights progress, opportunities in encapsulating metal nanoparticles in layered 2D materials

A newly published review in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Nanoscale marks milestones in research

New process turns paper manufacturing waste into valuable chemicals

A group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has discovered a way to convert kraft lignin, a common byproduct of the paper manufacturing process, into valuable chemical precursors for making nylon.