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BYLINE: Matt Cahill Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – When construction of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility ramped up in the early 1990s, the lab’s surroundings weren’t as citified as they are today. Just down the main drag in Newport News’ growing retail corridor was a large, grassy pasture. There, an old dairy…
Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is making good waves in coastal Virginia, and now its director is being recognized for those positive impacts. CoVaBIZ has listed Jefferson Lab Director Kimberly Sawyer in its 2025 list of the 150 most influential people in coastal Virginia….
The Science Newswise — Unlike the vast majority of elements, the rare earth element promethium has no stable isotopes, which means that it is constantly decaying, making it difficult to study. In this research, scientists created a pure sample of the isotope promethium-147. They bonded it with a molecule to form a stable complex in water. Next,…
Newswise — UPTON, N.Y. — High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design long-lasting reactors, scientists must understand how radiation-induced chemical reactions impact structural materials. Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory recently performed experiments showing that radiation-induced reactions may…
The Science Newswise — Bacteria commonly produce toxins that are lethal to themselves. These bacteria can gain temporary protection by also producing antitoxins, but the bacteria die if they stop making antitoxins. Why would bacteria put themselves in danger? If scientists can learn the rules, they may be able to take advantage of bacterial warfare….
BYLINE: Rachel Kremen Newswise — When the plasma inside a fusion system starts to misbehave, it needs to be quickly cooled to prevent damage to the device. Researchers at Commonwealth Fusion Systems believe the best bet is a massive gas injection: essentially, a well-timed, rapid blast of cooling gas inside their fusion system, which is known as SPARC….
BYLINE: Lauren Biron Newswise — The fate of the universe hinges on the balance between matter and dark energy: the fundamental ingredient that drives its accelerating expansion. New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration use the largest 3D map of our universe ever made to track dark energy’s influence over the past…
The Science Newswise — Studying the properties of a material that is radioactive and rare is difficult. The elements that come after plutonium in the periodic table (called transplutonium elements) are both. The result is that scientists know relatively little about their chemical properties. Often researchers use non-radioactive lanthanide surrogates to extrapolate the properties of actinides…
BYLINE: Rachel Berkowitz Newswise — Composite adhesives like epoxy resins are excellent tools for joining and filling materials including wood, metal, and concrete. But there’s one problem: once a composite sets, it’s there forever. Now there’s a better way. Researchers have developed a simple polymer that serves as a strong and stable filler that can…
BYLINE: Amber Rose Newswise — Argonne researchers use Polybot, an AI-driven automated material laboratory, to produce high-conductivity, low-defect electronic polymer thin films. Plastic that conducts electricity might sound impossible. But there is a special class of materials known as “electronic polymers” that combines the flexibility of plastic with the functionality of metal. This type of material…
