Science Highlights

Diamond anvil showing dents (arrowed) after being used to squeeze this new superhard material.

New Superhard Form of Carbon Dents Diamond

Squeezing creates new class of material built from clusters of carbon atoms.

X-ray computer tomography (CT) image showing solid carbonate (calcite, green) grown in a network of glass beads (blue).

Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide—as a Solid

Nanoscale features in rocks enable more carbon dioxide to be trapped as a solid carbonate material underground.

Network of multiple sets of 6 spheres connected by gray with a 3 sphere center in red on the linear ends.

Supercomputers Drive Discovery of Materials for More Efficient Carbon Capture

Researchers use NERSC to Create Carbon Dioxide-Separating Polymer.

Representation of freshwater on the left and saltwater on the right of multicolored spherical nanoporous graphene cylinders. Saltwater is more compacted.

Water, Water, Everywhere

NERSC helps researchers design new desalination technology.

Hierarchically porous electrode made of self-assembled functionalized graphene sheets.

Graphene-based Electrode Leads to Highest Capacity Lithium-Air Batteries

New approach to molecular self-assembly produces porous, thin films of carbon (aka graphene), enabling high-capacity electrodes for lithium-air batteries.

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