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

Finding A New Major Gene Expression Regulator in Fungi

A team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, report the prevalence of 6mA modifications in the earliest branches of the fungal kingdom.

Argonne Welcomes Scientists to Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials

More than 400 researchers from numerous disciplines will convene at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory on May 8th for the annual users’ meeting for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) and Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM).

Scientists Launch Flights to Gather Detailed Data on Aerosols and Clouds

For an intensive period throughout June and July, and again next January and February, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories will take to the skies in a specially outfitted aircraft to gather data on the properties of aerosols and clouds above the Eastern North Atlantic.

Speedy X-Ray Detector Arrives at NSLS-II

Geoscientists from Australia and France recently trekked across the globe to aim NSLS-II’s tiny, intense beams of x-ray light at thin samples of nickel-rich mineral gathered from a mine in far-off Siberia. Their experiment was the first to use a newly installed x-ray detector, called Maia, mounted at NSLS-II’s Submicron Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy (SRX) beamline.

New Effort by Argonne Helps Power Utilities and Others Better Plan for the Future

A new initiative at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, combines climate data and analysis with infrastructure planning and decision support to help power utilities plan for the future.

Researcher Employs HFIR to Explore the Mysterious World of Quantum Spin

Jie Ma, a professor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, is using neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor to discover a three-dimensional image of the magnetic lattice of an oxide material (Ba2CoTeO6) containing quantum properties that could provide new insight into how electron “spins” can improve data processing and storage in computers.

Researchers Develop a New Catalyst for Water Splitting

An international research team, including scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has developed a new catalyst with a molybdenum coating that produces hydrogen more efficiently.

First Result from Jefferson Lab’s Upgraded CEBAF Opens Door to Exploring the Universal Glue

The first experimental result has been published from the newly upgraded Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The result demonstrates the feasibility of detecting a potential new form of matter to study why quarks are never found in isolation.

Roofline Model Boosts Manycore Code Optimization Efforts

A software toolkit developed at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to better understand supercomputer performance is now being used to boost application performance for researchers running codes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and other supercomputing facilities.

FIONA to Take on the Periodic Table’s Heavyweights

A new tool at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will be taking on some of the periodic table’s latest heavyweight champions to see how their masses measure up to predictions.

Origin of Milky Way’s Hypothetical Dark Matter Signal May Not Be So Dark

Galaxy’s excessive gamma-ray glow likely comes from pulsars, the remains of collapsed ancient stars according to a new analysis by an international team of astrophysicists, including researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Close Computation from Far Away: On-Demand Analysis Fuels Frontier Science

Nuclear fusion has long promised to provide a safe and clean source of virtually limitless energy. Developing efficient devices that fulfill that potential, sustainably, demands a scientific and engineering effort that is a major area of plasma physics research today. Researchers at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility, have helped to accelerate this effort by making available near-real-time data analysis to the experiments conducted to design such devices.