University Research | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Rice U. Lab Creates Open-Source Optogenetics Hardware and Software

Rice University bioengineering graduate student Karl Gerhardt and other Rice colleagues have created the first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform that biologists who have little or no training in engineering or software design can use to incorporate optogenetics testing in their labs.

Nanoshells: Potential Catalysts and Cradles of Life

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to coax simple, inorganic nanoparticles to spontaneously assemble into shells has been discovered, potentially paving the way for more efficient industrial chemical processing, gene delivery and clean-up of chemical contaminants in the environment

Big Trash Pickup

Cells are garbage pickers, carefully selecting the trash they want to keep or discard. New Arts & Sciences research at the Washington University in St. Louis shows how they handle big item pickup.

State's Three Largest Public Research Institutions to Increase Collaboration

The University of Washington, Washington State University, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory sign Memorandum of Understanding, which expresses the intent of the parties to increase research collaborations on complex challenges and provide additional research and training opportunities for students in the state.

Earlier Snowmelt Reduces Forests’ Ability to Regulate Atmospheric Carbon and Decreases Streamflow Volume

Earlier snowmelt periods associated with a warming climate may hinder subalpine forest regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), according to the results of a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

Microscope Becomes Gauge to Measure Forces Within Crystals

Researchers from Cornell and the University of Amsterdam have proposed a new method to measure the forces within colloidal materials, imaging the force distributions to understand and even predict material failures.

Scientists Glimpse Inner Workings of Atomically Thin Transistors

With an eye to the next generation of tech gadgetry, a team of physicists at The University of Texas at Austin has had the first-ever glimpse into what happens inside an atomically thin semiconductor device.

Keep a Lid on It: USU Geologists Probe Geologic Carbon Storage

An international research group studied carbon storage in a natural laboratory in southeastern Utah, examining the long-term interactions between CO2, water and rocks, to determine the characteristics of geological formations able to effectively contain carbon dioxide emissions.

New Material Could Advance Superconductivity

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science have experimentally produced a new class of materials blending hydrogen with sodium that could alter the superconductivity landscape and could be used for hydrogen-fuel cell storage.

Researchers ‘Solve’ Key Zika Virus Protein Structure

Using Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, a University of Michigan-led team has revealed the molecular structure of a protein produced by the Zika virus. This protein may be involved in the virus’s reproduction and its interaction with the host’s immune system.

Researchers ‘Watch’ Crystal Structure Change in Real Time

Washington State University researchers are making nanosecond movies showing the atomic-level changes of structural transformation under pressure, passing high-brilliance x-ray beams through the material and creating diffraction patterns in real time.

MSU Engineering Grant Helps Smooth Ride for Atomic Nuclei Through FRIB

MSU engineers will use a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics to study the element niobium, which is used to make the tunnels in nuclear accelerators, such as the MSU-based Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.