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Breakthrough in Predictions of Pressure-dependent Combustion Chemical Reactions

12.23.14 Researchers at Sandia and Argonne national laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates.
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First Direct Evidence that a Mysterious Phase of Matter Competes with High-Temperature Superconductivity

12.19.14 SLAC study shows “pseudogap” phase hoards electrons that might otherwise conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency.
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Ultrafast Imaging of Complex Systems in 3-D at Near Atomic Resolution Becoming Increasingly Possible

12.19.14 Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory developed an extended Monte Carlo computational scheme that for the first time includes bound-bound resonant excitations that dramatically enhance ionization rates and can lead to an unexpectedly high degree of electron stripping
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"Mind the Gap" Between Atomically Thin Materials
For the first time, the Penn State researchers grew a single atomic layer of tungsten diselenide on a one- atom-thick substrate of graphene with pristine interfaces between the two layers.
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Trapping Light with a Twister
New understanding of how to halt photons could lead to miniature particle accelerators, improved data transmission.
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Coral Reveals Long-term Link Between Pacific Winds, Global Climate
New research led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Arizona (UA) indicates that shifts in Pacific trade winds played a key role in twentieth century climate variation, a sign that they may again be influencing global temperatures.
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