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Dark Matter and Discovery

Office of Science supported experiment captures potential signals from potent particles.

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Doors Open at New Interdisciplinary Science Building for Energy Research at Brookhaven Lab

On April 11, 2013, the doors were opened at the Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB), a new world-class research facility at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory where scientists will work to drive breakthrough solutions to the nation's energy challenges.

FY 2014 Budget Request to Congress for DOE’s Office of Science

Director Bill Brinkman presents the details of the Office of Science FY 2014 budget request.

Energy Department Announces Prizes for 2013 National Science Bowl

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the prizes for which middle and high school teams from across the nation will compete at this year’s National Science Bowl, held from April 25 to April 29 in Washington, D.C.

Battery Research at NSLS Aims to Solve Energy Storage Challenges

The next big frontier for battery technology is efficient, grid-scale storage. Experiments to exploit the properties of single-use alkaline batteries for large-scale batteries could lead to the next energy revolution and provide safe storage for immense amounts of power.

Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching Into the Fast Lane

All-optical switching promises terahertz-speed hard drive and RAM memory.

DOE Announces Five-Year Renewal of Funding for Bioenergy Research Centers

Centers will receive $25 million per year for innovative biofuel research.

First Data Released from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Office of Science-supported mission provides precise measurements of cosmic rays.

ORNL Microscopy Uncovers "Dancing" Silicon Atoms in Graphene

Jumping silicon atoms are the stars of an atomic scale ballet featured in a new study from the Office of Science's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Final Tickets Have Been Punched . . . For a Competition Like No Other

Regional competitions for the National Science Bowl have concluded. See the finalists, and return for future updates here.

Brookhaven Science Associates Names Doon Gibbs Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Board of Directors of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) today named Interim Laboratory Director Doon Gibbs as the next Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective immediately

Making Do with More: Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels

Using the tools of synthetic biology, JBEI researchers are engineering healthy plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can more easily be broken down into simple sugars for the production of clean, green and renewable advanced biofuels.