New Computer Model Could Explain how Simple Molecules Took First Step Toward Life
Two Brookhaven researchers developed theoretical model to explain the origins of self-replicating molecules.
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
The Office of Science salutes the winners of the E.O. Lawrence Awards.
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Long-Sought Discovery Fills in Missing Details of Cell 'Switchboard'
SLAC's x-ray laser lends new insight into key target for drug development.
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How Clouds Get Their Brightness
Scientists at Pacific Northwest and Los Alamos national laboratories, along with colleagues at the University of Leeds and the University of Washington, show that marine life cultivates half of the summer cloud droplets over the Southern Ocean.
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A Most Singular Nano-Imaging Technique
Berkeley Lab’s SINGLE provides images of individual nanoparticles in solution.
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It All Comes to Light
New advances, including light sources, allow for non-destructive techniques for examining old artifacts.
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X-Rays and Electrons Join Forces To Map Catalytic Reactions in Real-Time
New technique combines electron microscopy and synchrotron x-rays at Brookhaven Lab to track chemical reactions under real operating conditions.
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Summer in the Arctic
Researchers supported by the Office of Science are doing ‘cool’ new research this summer.
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The Perils of Platinum
Curtailing precious metal use to bring new energy storage and production online.
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Mapping the Impact of Research Infrastructure
New online map shows the broad use of supercomputers, light sources, and other tools.
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U.S. Joins the World in a New Era of Research at the Large Hadron Collider
New LHC data gives researchers from around the world their best chance yet to study the Higgs boson and search for dark matter and new particles. Collaborators in the effort include scientists from the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven, Fermilab, Berkeley and Oak Ridge national laboratories.
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