Flexible, Transparent Thin Film Transistors Raise Hopes for Flexible Screens
Argonne National Laboratory has reported the creation of the world’s thinnest flexible, see-through 2-D thin film transistors.
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Getting More Electricity out of Solar Cells
New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current.
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Confirmed: Stellar Behemoth Self-Destructs in a Type IIb Supernova
Berkeley Lab researchers help catch a Wolf-Rayet hours after it goes supernova.
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Liberating Devices From Their Power Cords
New device developed at Vanderbilt University is a supercapacitor that stores electricity by assembling electrically charged ions on the surface of a porous material, instead of storing it in chemical reactions the way batteries do.
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The Department of Energy Invites Nominations for the 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Enrico Fermi Awards
Nominations for the 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Enrico Fermi Awards are being accepted until July 31, 2014.
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Novel ORNL Technique Enables Air-Stable Water Droplet Networks
New method will be valuable for applications in biological sensing and membrane research.
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Sweet Applications From Salty Adaptations
Joint Genome Institute’s study of a salt-tolerant fungus could lead to significant improvements in agriculture.
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Scientists Find Solution to Two Long-Standing Mysteries of Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductivity
Findings unequivocally link two "personality" changes of electrons at critical point.
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Element 117 a Step Closer to Being Named and Officially Added to the Periodic Table
International collaboration works with Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories to confirm new element.
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Squaring the Circle in Biofuels?
Researchers produce a new type of plant fiber that supports normal growth while easing the difficulties of conversion to fuel.
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‘Sweet Spot’ For Salty Water
Oak Ridge National Lab and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute simulations point to new material’s potential in water purification.
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Students from California and Massachusetts win DOE’s 24th National Science Bowl
Competition highlights importance of investing in next generation of leaders in science.
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