2018 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Putting 'Public' Back Into Publication

Six years in the making, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Knowledgebase (KBase) program offers the most updated system for recording experimental methods, collaborating with colleagues and performing every step of biological analysis through one free, open source.

SmartTruck Steps Up Simulations for Certification by Computation

SmartTruck, a small business in Greenville, SC, recently completed its first detailed unsteady analysis using modeling and simulation at the OLCF and became the first company to request certification from the EPA through CFD.

All Aboard the Neutron Train: Mapping Residual Stresses for More Robust Rails

Researchers from Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) are analyzing new and used rail segments with neutrons at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

New Accelerator Research Program at Fermilab Sees First Beam

The milestone marks the beginning of a research program that positions the particle storage ring, called the Integrable Optics Test Accelerator, as a standout among the world’s accelerators — an innovative test bed dedicated to the science of particle acceleration.

Q&A: Shining X-ray Light on Perovskites for Better Solar Cells

Four scientists discuss X-ray experiments at SLAC’s synchrotron that reveal new insights into how a promising solar cell material forms.

Artificial Intelligence Project to Help Bring the Power of the Sun to Earth is Picked for First U.S. Exascale System

To capture and control the process of fusion that powers the sun and stars in facilities on Earth called tokamaks, scientists must confront disruptions that can halt the reactions and damage the doughnut-shaped devices. Now an artificial intelligence system under development at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University to predict and tame such disruptions has been selected as an Aurora Early Science project by the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science User Facility.

Two Steps Ahead: Neutrons Help Explore Future HIV Treatments

University of Pennsylvania researcher Kushol Gupta is using the Bio-SANS instrument at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor to study the defense mechanisms of HIV in hopes of improving antiviral drug applications.

Department of Energy Announces $8 Million for Particle Accelerators for Science & Society

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $8 million in funding for 12 research awards on a range of topics in both basic and use-inspired research in particle accelerator science and technology.

Getting a Charge Out of MOFs

A team led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley has developed a technique for making an electrically conductive MOF that could also be used to improve the conductivity of other MOFs.

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Novel X-Ray Optics Boost Imaging Capabilities at NSLS-II

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new approach to 3-D x-ray imaging that can visualize bulky materials in great detail—an impossible task with conventional imaging methods. The novel technique could help scientists unlock clues about the structural information of countless materials, from batteries to biological systems.

Undergraduate Students Extoll Benefits of National Laboratory Research Internships in Fusion and Plasma Science

On August 15, a cohort of undergraduate students who had participated in the Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) and Community College Internship (CCI) programs presented the results of the plasma physics work they had completed since their internships began on June 11, in projects touching on computer science, mechanical engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Infrared Beams Show Cell Types in a Different Light

By shining highly focused infrared light on living cells, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) hope to unmask individual cell identities, and to diagnose whether the cells are diseased or healthy.