2015 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Studies Reveal a Unified Approach to Combating Several Bacterial Diseases

Researchers at the University of Texas, the University of Connecticut, and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered structural similarities among bacteria of various types that create the possibility of using similar approaches to fight the infections they cause.

‘Molecular Accordion’ Drives Thermoelectric Behavior in Promising Material

A team of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory explored the fundamental physics of the world’s best thermoelectric material—tin selenide—using neutron scattering and computer simulations.

Solvents Save Steps in Solar Cell Manufacturing

In a collaboration between ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)—both DOE Office of Science User Facilities—a team of neutron and materials scientists studied the structure of BHJ films to find a way to manufacture them more easily.

Brookhaven Postdoc’s Path to Research

Robert Palomino is one of Brookhaven Lab’s new postdocs working at the Lab’s new National Synchrotron Light Source II to study the structure and other properties of catalysts. Learn more about his path to his research career.

Laser Focus

At the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, researchers use the supercomputer Titan to create large-scale 3-D physics simulations to understand how a tumor-killing laser’s high-energy fields can rip matter apart.

The Difference a Day (or Night) Makes

In a study, PNNL scientists Young-Mo Kim, Jim Fredrickson, and Tom Metz demonstrated the effect that sunlight, or the absence of it, has over a 24-hour period on the production of chemicals used as metabolites in the microbial mats of Mushroom Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Is Black Phosphorous the Next Big Thing in Materials?

A team of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has experimentally confirmed strong in-plane anisotropy in thermal conductivity, along the zigzag and armchair directions of single-crystal black phosphorous nanoribbons.

Xenon, Xenon Everywhere

In their search to find dark matter particles, researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are in the market for 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form.

PIMs May Be the Cup of Choice for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Berkeley Lab researchers have found a solution to the polysulfide crossover problem which decreases battery efficiency and life by developing a membrane made from polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) to block unwanted ion transport.

Reaching for the Horizon

Joint DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee releases new long range plan recommendations on the national program for basic nuclear science research.

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Nanoelectronics Researchers Employ Titan for an Electrifying Simulation Speedup

Researchers at ETH Zurich are using America’s fastest supercomputer to make huge gains in understanding the smallest electronic devices. The team, led by Mathieu Luisier, focuses on further developing the front line of electronics research—simulating and better understanding nanoscale components such as transistors or battery electrodes whose active regions can be on the order of 1 billionth of a meter, or about as long as your fingernails grow in one second.

Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry Featured in Special Issue of Advanced Materials

October 14, 2015 issue highlights several different areas of innovation and promise at Berkeley Lab’s user facility.