Materials Sciences and Engineering News

New algorithms advance the computing power of early-stage quantum computers

A group of scientists has developed computational quantum algorithms that are capable of efficient and highly accurate simulations of quantum systems.

Computational discovery of complex alloys could speed the way to green aviation

Recent discoveries may help power-generation and aviation industry develop more efficient engines, reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

One scientist’s trash is another’s treasure: A laboratory’s “irritating” byproduct now supplies 2-D materials research

scientists discovered that an unwanted byproduct of their experiments was an extremely high-quality and difficult-to-obtain substance sought by others.

Scientists shuffle atomic layers like playing cards to make new quantum materials

Materials scientists can now shuffle layered compounds together, much like combining two different decks of cards.

DOE announces over $65 Million in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

2021 Technology Commercialization Fund Awards connect private-sector partners to DOE National Labs

Researchers build structured, multi-part nanocrystals with super light-emitting properties

Researchers combined perovskite nanocubes with spherical nanoparticles to form a regular, repeating structure called a superlattice.

Old friends find new way of breaking down plastic for recycling

Luzinov and Balema first met more than 20 years ago at Iowa State. While they share a background in chemistry, it wasn’t science that brought them together.

First author: undergraduate internship at Ames Laboratory jump-starts research career

Tyler Del Rose participated in the U.S. Department of Energy’s SULI program at Ames Laboratory while an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan.

Polystyrene waste is everywhere, and it’s not biodegradable. Scientists just found a way to break it down.

Ames Laboratory and their partners from Clemson University have discovered a green, low-energy process to break down polystyrene

Shaking up topology with light

Ames Lab science featured in Nature Materials News & Views