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Strong Electron Interactions Play a Key Role in Superconductivity

An unexpected discovery in spring 2018 relating to superconductivity in a novel material gained considerable attention from the scientific community.

1 Aug 2019

Multi-Switchable Chiral Stationary Phase Paves Way for New Possibilities in Chiral Separation

Chirality can be a challenging concept for the layperson, with “chemical handedness” seeming a very trivial distinction. However, as the ramifications of the notorious thalidomide disaster prove, understanding chiral materials is a huge concern.

1 Aug 2019

Reproduction of Process Behind Source of Shock Waves Driven by Solar Flares

Magnetic space storms are unleashed when high-energy shock waves induced by solar flares as well as coronal mass ejections of plasma from the sun erupt all through the solar system.

31 Jul 2019

Approval Given to Upgrade Advanced Photon Source

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has obtained approval from the Office of Science (SC) for the next phase of the $815M upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a principal national research facility that empowers researchers to perform discoveries impacting national security, economy, and technologies.

31 Jul 2019

Ultrafast Rotation of Molecule Filmed Using Precisely Tuned Laser Pulses

Researchers have filmed the ultrafast rotation of a molecule by using precisely tuned laser pulses.

30 Jul 2019

Alpha Particle Confinement Helps Realize Fusion Energy in Helical Fusion Plasmas

For the first time, a group of fusion researchers succeeded in demonstrating that energetic ions containing energy in mega electron volt (MeV) range are highly confined in a plasma in helical systems.

30 Jul 2019

Researchers Successfully Image Majorana Fermions

Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago collaborated with researchers from the University of Hamburg in Germany and successfully imaged an exotic quantum particle known as a Majorana fermion, which can be used as a basic element for future qubits and to ultimately achieve quantum computers.

30 Jul 2019