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Scientific Publishing Organizations and National Laboratories Partner on Transgender-Inclusive Name-Change Process for Published Papers

Name Changes Allow Researchers of All Genders to Own Their Academic Work

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.

With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants

A new chemical process provides biodegradable chemicals which are used as surfactants and detergents, from discarded plastics.

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

Scientists observe complex tunable magnetism tied to electrical conduction in a topological material

The discovery has significant implications for basic research into functional topological properties

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

Ames Lab to host High School Science Bowl in first time ever virtual format

Iowa's top science and math students will compete at the annual Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Regional High School Science Bowl Saturday as they have done for the past thirty years— but with a virtual twist.

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

Light-induced twisting of Weyl nodes switches on giant electron current

The discovery was made in a category of topological materials that holds great promise for spintronics, topological effect transistors, and quantum computing.

Borrowing from birds, experts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys to seconds

Ames Laboratory enhanced an algorithm that borrows its approach from the nesting habits of cuckoo birds, reducing the search time for new high-tech alloys from weeks to mere seconds.