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

Innovative Design Using Loops of Liquid Metal Can Improve Future Fusion Power Plants

Researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have proposed an innovative design to improve the ability of future fusion power plants to generate safe, clean and abundant energy in a steady state, or constant, manner.

The Moon and Gravitational Impacts on NSLS-II

Scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II observe and correct for the effects of the alignment between the moon, sun, and earth, which change the gravitational pull on our planet and minutely change the shape of the accelerator ring.

Using Supercomputers to Delve Ever Deeper into the Building Blocks of Matter

With funding from DOE’s Office of Nuclear Physics and the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research in the Office of Science, nuclear physicists and computational scientists at Brookhaven Lab will develop new tools for using supercomputers to delve deeper into the interactions of quarks and gluons in the extreme states of matter created in heavy ion collisions at RHIC and the LHC.

ALCF Summer Students Gain Real-World Experience in Scientific HPC

Every summer, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, opens its doors to a new class of student researchers who work alongside staff mentors to tackle research projects that address issues at the forefront of scientific computing.

At ORNL, Neutron Scattering Impacts Daily Life

Researchers from the DOE Manufacturing Demonstration Facility located at ORNL used neutrons to test residual stress in 3D-printed steel parts. By studying complex geometries like the figure 6 shown here, researchers can design and build more complex structures with large-scale 3D metal printing.

Oak Ridge Supercomputer Helps Solve Decades-Long Mystery in Fusion Physics

The same fusion reactions that power the sun also occur inside a tokamak, a device that uses magnetic fields to confine and control plasmas of 100-plus million degrees. Under extreme temperatures and pressure, hydrogen atoms can fuse together, creating new helium atoms and simultaneously releasing energy.

Exascale and the City

The Argonne-led Multiscale Coupled Urban Systems project aims to help city planners better examine complex systems, understand the relationships between them and predict how changes will affect them.

The U.S. Department of Energy Issues Small Business Research and Development Funding Opportunity Announcement

The Phase I Release 1 FOA, with approximately $23 million in available funding, will allow small businesses to submit applications to establish the technical feasibility of new innovations that advance the mission of the Office of Science.

New Method to Detect Spin Current in Quantum Materials Unlocks Potential for Alternative Electronics

A new method developed by an ORNL-led team precisely measures the mysterious behavior and magnetic properties of electrons flowing across the surface of quantum materials could open a path to next-generation electronics.

ESnet’s Science DMZ Design Could Help Transfer, Protect Medical Research Data

A group of researchers led by Sean Peisert of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) wrote that the Science DMZ architecture developed for moving large data sets quick and securely could be adapted to meet the needs of the medical research community.

PPPL Takes Detailed Look at 2-D Structure of Turbulence in Tokamaks

At the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), scientists have assembled a large database of detailed measurements of the two dimensional (2-D) structure of edge plasma turbulence made visible by a diagnostic technique known as gas puff imaging.

Neutrons Observe Vitamin B6-Dependent Enzyme Activity Useful for Drug Development

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have performed neutron structural analysis of a vitamin B6-dependent protein, potentially opening avenues for new antibiotics and drugs to battle diseases such as drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria and diabetes.