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Using chaos as a tool, scientists discover new method of making 3D-heterostructured materials

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from Iowa State University have developed a new approach for generating layered, difficult-to-combine, heterostructured solids, materials, composed of layers of dissimilar building blocks that display unique electronic transport and magnetic properties that are governed by quantum interactions between their structurally different building blocks, and open new avenues for electronic and energy applications.

New discovery: skyrmions can split like biological cells

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered that skyrmions— a type of quasiparticle with properties that could lead to the next generation of data storage and transfer— reproduce by splitting in a way very similar to biological cell division.

Ames Lab scientists find another clue to explain unconventional superconductivity

Physicists have successfully performed measurements of an iron-based superconductor in a but difficult-to-reach regime where critical quantum fluctuations dominate the physics.

diagram demonstrating the presence of quantum phase transitions within a superconducting material

Paul Canfield elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Canfield is part of a new class of more than 250 members elected to the academy this year.

New discovery helps close the gap towards optically-controlled quantum computation

Finding the beat: New discovery settles a long-standing debate about photovoltaic materials

Ames Lab settles a long-standing debate about photovoltaic materials

In hot pursuit of 21st century cooling

Ames Laboratory's research efforts in caloric materials was highlighted in a recent article from APS Physics.

Stability by fluctuation: topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic manner may be the key to preventing dissipations of the desired electron states that would make advanced quantum computing and spintronics possible.

Paper named one of Nanoscale's most popular in 2019

A journal paper published by Pat Thiel and fellow researchers at Ames Laboratory was one of the most popular published in Nanoscale in 2019.

DOE Awards $187 Million to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness

The funding includes $4.9M to Ames Laboratory for research in the manufacturing of aluminum-cerium alloys for harsh environments.