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How to Fit a Planet Inside a Computer: Developing the Energy Exascale Earth System Model

DOE researchers have developed a new simulation to help us learn more about Earth’s present and future.

New Insights Bolster Einstein’s Idea About How Heat Moves Through Solids

A discovery by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a century-old theory by Albert Einstein that explains how heat moves through everything from travel mugs to engine parts.

DOE Awards $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announces $100 million in funding for 42 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to strengthen U.S. economic leadership and energy security.

Atomic Movie of Melting Gold Could Help Design Materials for Future Fusion Reactors

SLAC’s high-speed ‘electron camera’ shows for the first time the coexistence of solid and liquid in laser-heated gold, providing new clues for designing materials that can withstand extreme conditions.

ORNL’s Summit Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is once again officially home to the fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems.

The Journey of Actinium-225: How Scientists Discovered a New Way to Produce a Rare Medical Radioisotope

Although research into promising cancer treatments using actinium-225 started with a rare and limited source, DOE scientists have found a new way to dramatically increase its supply.

40 Years of Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy

New report highlights outstanding examples of major scientific accomplishments emerging from 40 years of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) research.

Non-Crystal Clarity: Scientists Find Ordered Magnetic Patterns in Disordered Magnetic Material

Study led by Berkeley Lab scientists relies on high-resolution microscopy techniques to confirm nanoscale magnetic features.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Launches America’s New Top Supercomputer for Science

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) unveils Summit as the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer.

The Perfect Couple: Higgs and Top Quark Spotted Together

Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced a discovery that finally links the two heaviest known particles: the top quark and the Higgs boson.

From Leaves to Clouds: Revealing How Trees’ Emissions Shape The Air Around Us

Data from the GoAmazon project is illuminating the connections between forests and atmosphere.

Supersonic Waves May Help Electronics Beat the Heat

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, propagating supersonically through a vibrating crystal lattice—a discovery that may dramatically improve heat transport in insulators and enable new strategies for heat management in future electronics devices.