Office of Science Salutes New IEEE Fellows
Two researchers join a distinguished company at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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SLAC-led Research Team Bends Highly Energetic Electron Beam with Crystal
An international team of researchers working at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has demonstrated that a bent silicon crystal can bend the paths of focused, very energetic electron beams much more than magnets used today.
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First Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide’s Increasing Greenhouse Effect at the Earth’s Surface
Berkeley Lab researchers link rising CO2 levels from fossil fuels to an upward trend in radiative forcing at two locations.
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A New X-Ray Microscope for Nanoscale Imaging
This groundbreaking instrument at Brookhaven National Lab, designed to deliver a suite of unprecedented x-ray imaging capabilities for the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN) beamline, brings researchers one step closer to the ultimate goal of nanometer resolution at NSLS-II, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility.
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Retracing the Roots of Fungal Symbioses
Scientists at the Joint Genome Institute provide more insight into how plants and fungi develop symbiotic relationships.
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To Understand Heat Transfer, ORNL Team Takes Unprecedented Neutron Images of Refrigerant Flow Through Heat Exchangers
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have captured undistorted snapshots of refrigerants flowing through small heat exchangers, helping to further elucidate characteristics of heat transfer.
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Dendrite Eraser: New Electrolyte Rids Batteries of Short-circuiting Fibers
PNNL physicists have developed a new electrolyte that allows lithium-sulfur, lithium-metal and lithium-air batteries to operate at 99 percent efficiency, while having a high current density and without growing dendrites that short-circuit rechargeable batteries.
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Speeding Up the Epochs
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a new model that quickly shows if and when minerals form, which could be vital to creating cleaner energy.
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Semiconductor Works Better When Hitched to Graphene
Experiments at SLAC show potential for graphene-based organic electronic devices.
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Shape-shifting Groups of Nanorods Release Heat Differently
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have revealed previously unobserved behaviors that show how details of the transfer of heat at the nanoscale cause nanoparticles to change shape in ensembles.
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Searching for Signs of a Force from the 'Dark Side' in Particle Collisions at RHIC
Data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and other experiments nearly rule out role of 'dark photons' as an explanation for the 'g-2' anomaly.
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Bigger Steps
Berkeley Lab researchers develop algorithm to make simulation of ultrafast processes possible.
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