2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Collaboration Strikes Gold Pioneering a New Method for Catalyst Production

Jet stream of liquid helium blows gold vapor through a barren, cold landscape to deposit pristine, stable gold nanoparticles.

A Virtual Flight Through a Catalyst Particle Finds Evidence of Poisoning

At SLAC Synchrotron, two X-ray techniques give a 3-D view of why catalysts used in gasoline production go bad.

A New Way to Display the 3-D Structure of Molecules

Metal-organic frameworks provide a new platform for solving the structure of hard-to-study samples.

Expanding the Stable of Workhorse Yeasts

New genome sequences target next generation of yeasts with improved biotech uses.

SLAC, Stanford Gadget Grabs More Solar Energy to Disinfect Water Faster

Plopped into water, a tiny device triggers the formation of chemicals that kill microbes in minutes.

Slicing Through Materials with a New X-ray Imaging Technique

Images reveal battery materials' chemical reactions in five dimensions – 3D space plus time and energy.

Smarter Self-Assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology

Brookhaven Lab scientists discover a way to create billionth-of-a-meter structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency.

Perfection in Sight: SLAC Receives New Mirrors for X-ray Laser

SLAC is improving the quality of its X-ray laser beam with new meter-long mirrors, made from an individual silicon crystal artificially grown in a lab and polished to perfection.

SLAC and Stanford Scientists Work with Startup to Get Tabletop Laser Through the ‘Valley of Death’

Collaboration turns a novel tabletop laser – one that produces extreme ultraviolet light at unprecedented energies and pulse rates for studies of complex materials – into a commercial product.

Nominations for the 2016 E. O. Lawrence Award Are Now Open

The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award is bestowed by the Secretary of DOE to mid-career scientists and engineers in recognition of exceptional scientific, technical, and/or engineering contributions. Nominations are being accepted through October 31, 2016.

Nominations for the 2016 Enrico Fermi Award Are Now Open

The Enrico Fermi Award recognizes outstanding contributions and achievements that are particularly distinguished and demonstrate scientific, technical, management or policy leadership. Nominations are being accepted through October 31, 2016.

Dark Energy Measured with Record-Breaking Map of 1.2 Million Galaxies

A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies.