2018

New Method to Grow Large Single-Crystal Graphene Could Advance Scalable 2D Materials

The novel technique, developed by a team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, may open new opportunities for growing the high-quality two-dimensional materials necessary for long-awaited practical applications.

With Laser Light, Scientists Create First X-Ray Holographic Images of Viruses

Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have made the detailed 3-D images of nanoscale biology, with future applications in the study of air pollution, combustion and catalytic processes.

Can Strongly Lensed Type Ia Supernovae Resolve One of Cosmology’s Biggest Controversies?

Berkeley Lab researchers think so – and they’re using NERSC supercomputers to find them.

FY 2019 President’s Budget Request for DOE’s Office of Science

Details of the White House FY 2019 budget request for DOE Office of Science are now available.

In a First, Tiny Diamond Anvils Trigger Chemical Reactions by Squeezing

Experiments with 'molecular anvils' mark an important advance for mechanochemistry, which has the potential to make chemistry greener and more precise.

Hunting for Neutrinos: When the Ordinary Is Unexpected

Two modest neutrino experiments look to reveal big answers about how these fundamental particles interact with matter.

Meet the Director: Sergei Nagaitsev

Sergei Nagaitsev, director of the Fermilab Accelerator Complex user facility, looks to the future while running the day-to-day duties in support of the Office of Science High Energy Physics program's goals: to understand how our universe works at its most fundamental level, by discovering the most elementary constituents of matter and energy, and exploring the basic nature of space and time itself.