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Scientists customise a magnet's performance by strategically replacing key atoms
— 1 Feb 2011 21:09 | TechnologyScientists have given us a plethora of new materials - all created by combining individual elements under varying temperatures and other conditions. But to tweak an intermetallic compound…
New tool for cell research may help unravel secrets of disease
— 14 Jan 2011 15:56 | HealthAdvancements in understanding rotational motion in living cells may help researchers shed light on the causes of deadly diseases, such as Alzheimer's, according to Ning Fang, an associate…
Wind turbines may benefit crops
— 18 Dec 2010 13:42 | EnvironmentWind turbines in Midwestern farm fields may be doing more than churning out electricity. The giant turbine blades that generate renewable energy might also help corn and soybean crops…
Physicists cross hurdle in quantum manipulation of matter
— 18 Sep 2010 08:49 | PhysicsFinding ways to control matter at the level of single atoms and electrons fascinates many scientists and engineers because the ability to manipulate single charges and single magnetic…
Mastery of rare-earth elements vital to America's security
— 17 Mar 2010 11:50 | TechnologyKarl A. Gschneidner Jr., a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, today cautioned members of a Congressional panel that 'rare-earth research in the…
Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines
— 8 Dec 2009 09:48 | TechnologyNanoscale machines expected to have wide application in industry, energy, medicine and other fields may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to important theoretical discoveries…
Ames Laboratory scientist using low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth
— 22 Sep 2009 11:19 | TechnologyA research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames…
Iron-arsenic superconductors in class of their own
— 1 May 2009 15:14 | PhysicsPhysicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated that the superconductivity mechanism in the recently-discovered iron-arsenide superconductors…
Nanoscale materials grow with the flow
— 13 Feb 2009 10:00 | TechnologyImagine unloading a pile of bricks onto the ground and watching the bricks assemble themselves into a level, straight wall in only a few minutes. While merely a fantasy for builders…
Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency
— 19 Nov 2008 15:50 | TechnologyFriction is the bane of any machine. When moving parts are subject to friction, it takes more energy to move them, the machine doesn't operate as efficiently, and the parts have a tendency…