Scientists glimpse nanobubbles on super non-stick surfaces

Could lead to design of water-shedding materials for applications in energy, medicine and more

03-Mar-2010 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have obtained the first glimpse of miniscule air bubbles that keep water from wetting a super non-stick surface. Detailed information about the size and shape of these bubbles — and the non-stick material the scientists ...

New catalyst paves the path for ethanol-powered fuel cells

28-Jan-2009 - A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible. The highly efficient catalyst ...

Electron pairs precede high-temperature superconductivity

New method exploring 'energy gap' shows electron pairs exist before superconductivity sets in

07-Nov-2008 - Like astronomers tweaking images to gain a more detailed glimpse of distant stars, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have found ways to sharpen images of the energy spectra in high-temperature superconductors. These new imaging methods confirm that ...

DNA Technique Yields 3-D Crystalline Organization of Nanoparticles

First step toward three-dimensional catalytic, magnetic, and/or optical nanomaterials

05-Feb-2008 - In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles . The ability to engineer such ...

Potent Peptides Inhibit HIV Entry Into Cells

Protein analysis at Brookhaven's light source helps researchers in design of new AIDS drugs

10-Oct-2007 - Based in part on protein structures determined at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists at the University of Utah have developed new peptides that appear to be significantly more effective at blocking HIV's entry ...

New DNA-Based Technique For Assembly of Nano- and Micro-sized Particles

14-Sep-2007 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new method for controlling the self-assembly of nanometer and micrometer-sized particles. The method, based on designed DNA shells that coat a particle's surface, can be used to manipulate the structure ...

Giving Platinum Catalysts a Golden Boost for Fuel Cells

29-Mar-2007 - Platinum might outweigh gold in the jewelry market, but as part of an ongoing effort to produce efficient and affordable fuel cells, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are studying how gold atoms might enhance the value of the pricier metal. ...

Researchers Observe Superradiance in a Free Electron Laser

Technique paves way for generating ultra-short pulses in future light sources

23-Jan-2007 - At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, a team of researchers has generated extremely short light pulses using a new technique that could be used in the next generation of light source facilities around the world to catch molecules and atoms in action. Published ...

Nanoparticle Assembly Enters the Fast Lane

Method borrows instructions from molecular code of life

13-Oct-2006 - The speed of nanoparticle assembly can be accelerated with the assistance of the molecule that carries life's genetic instructions, DNA, a team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory recently found. Nanoparticles could potentially be used for more ...

Brookhaven Scientists Take "Snapshots" of Enzyme Action

Results advance understanding of how toxic compounds are eliminated from the body

16-Jun-2006 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, the New York Structural Biology Center, and SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have determined the atomic crystal structure and functional mechanism of an enzyme essential for eliminating unwanted, non-nutritional compounds ...