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Scientists Discover Atomic-Resolution Details of Brain Signaling

X-ray laser experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reveals never-before seen neural messaging details which could help in designing new drugs for brain disorders.

In the International Year of Soils, EMSL Researchers Dig Deep

Researchers at EMSL study the components and inhabitants of soil communities, gathering data to better understand and model how factors – agriculture, climate changes, ecosystems activities – change soil chemistry.

Researchers Build Bacteria’s Photosynthetic Engine

Scientists used the Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create a 100-million-atom simulation of a chromatophore, providing an unprecedented look at how bacteria harvest light for food.

New Computer Model Could Explain how Simple Molecules Took First Step Toward Life

Two Brookhaven researchers developed theoretical model to explain the origins of self-replicating molecules.

Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

The Office of Science salutes the winners of the E.O. Lawrence Awards.

Long-Sought Discovery Fills in Missing Details of Cell 'Switchboard'

SLAC's x-ray laser lends new insight into key target for drug development.

How Clouds Get Their Brightness

Scientists at Pacific Northwest and Los Alamos national laboratories, along with colleagues at the University of Leeds and the University of Washington, show that marine life cultivates half of the summer cloud droplets over the Southern Ocean.