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Champions in Science: Profile of Ian Scheffler, National Science Bowl® Champion, 2008

For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures

Reconfigurable material could be used for liquid electronics and chemical synthesis, among other applications.

Champions in Science: Profile of Jora Jacobi, National Science Bowl® Competitor

For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.

Underground Neutrino Experiment Sets the Stage for Deep Discovery About Matter

Collaborators of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an experiment led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have shown they can shield a sensitive, scalable 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity.

Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years

With X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen. The words had been scraped off the parchment manuscript and written over with hymns in the 11th century.

Sniffing Out the Foundational Science of Sensors

Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors.

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.