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Ames National Laboratory research project awarded $4.5M to understand and control properties of rare earth materials

The Department of Energy recently announced the winners for the 2022 Chemical and Materials Sciences to Advance Clean-Energy Technologies and Transform Manufacturing (CEM) awards.

Discovering materials for gas turbine engines through efficient predictive frameworks

Current turbine blade materials have already reached their operational limit. To combat this problem, a team developed a framework capable of predicting the oxidation of high-entropy alloys.

Scientists use copper nanowires to combat the spread of diseases

An ancient metal used for its microbial properties is the basis for a materials-based solution to disinfection. A team of scientists from Ames National Laboratory, Iowa State University, and University at Buffalo developed an antimicrobial spray that deposits a layer of copper nanowires onto high-touch surfaces in public spaces.

New Fermi arcs could provide a new path for electronics

Newly discovered Fermi arcs that can be controlled through magnetism could be the future of electronics based on electron spins.

New magnetic band splitting explained with graphics.

Ames Lab science two times a finalist in EnergyTech University competition

Lithium-ion battery recycling tech highlighted at collegiate tech transfer contest

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