2017 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Scientists Demonstrate New Real-Time Technique for Studying Ionic Liquids at Electrode Interfaces

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are determining how the ions of the liquid move and rearrange in response to an applied voltage on electrodes is key to optimizing the performance of ionic liquids for energy storage devices

HPC4Mfg Paper Manufacturing Project Yields First Results

Simulations run at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of a unique collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and an industry consortium could help U.S. paper manufacturers significantly reduce production costs and increase energy efficiencies.

Fields and Flows Fire Up Cosmic Accelerators

A team of researchers at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility are conducting thorough investigations of plasma physics to discern the fundamental processes that accelerate particles.

In the Air and on the Ground, an Azores Search for Better Data

A new research campaign to address modeling uncertainties in climate simulations, the Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in Eastern North Atlantic campaign, is an attempt to fill in some observational data gaps by examining key cloud and aerosol processes in a remote marine setting in two 40-day phases—one in June and July 2017 and one in January and February 2018.

More Natural Dust in the Air Improves Air Quality in Eastern China

In computer models together with historical data, a team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego found that reduced natural dust transported from the Gobi Desert in central and northern China translates to increased man-made air pollution in highly populated eastern China.

Alexandru Dumitrache: Tangible Results with Metabolomics

Alexandru “Alex” Dumitrache works as a microbial physiologist in the Biosciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and focuses on exploring organisms essential to the production of biofuels and industrial chemicals.

New Model of Plasma Stability Could Help Researchers Predict and Avoid Disruptions in Fusion Machines

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have helped develop a new computer model of plasma stability in doughnut-shaped fusion machines known as tokamaks.

Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument

On April 12, one of the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope’s instruments – the Large Area Telescope which was conceived of and assembled at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – detected its billionth extraterrestrial gamma ray.

Supercomputing Mimics Berkelium Experiments to Validate New Find

The Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) has enabled scientists to explore an unexpected oxidation state in the rare, radioactive element berkelium that was first observed in experiment.

Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State University Scientists Develop More Efficient Catalytic Material for Fuel Cell Applications

Scientists at Ames National Laboratory have discovered a method for making smaller, more efficient intermetallic nanoparticles for fuel cell applications, and which also use less of the expensive precious metal platinum.

Scientists Print Nanoscale Imaging Probe onto Tip of Optical Fiber

Combining speed with incredible precision, a team of researchers has developed a way to print a nanoscale imaging probe onto the tip of a glass fiber as thin as a human hair, accelerating the production of the promising new device from several per month to several per day.

Low-Energy RHIC Electron Cooling Gets Green Light, Literally

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have produced a new high-power green-light laser that will generate beam-cooling electrons at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)