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Calorimeter Components Put to the Test

Brookhaven scientists, students, and university partners help build and test key components for a possible future RHIC detector upgrade.

New X-ray Method Allows Scientists to Probe Molecular Explosions

A team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory used the high-intensity, quick-burst X-rays provided by the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to look at how the atoms in a molecule change when the molecule is bombarded with X-rays.

With Spiraling Light, SLAC X-ray Laser Offers New Glimpses of Molecules

A new device at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory allows researchers to explore the properties and dynamics of molecules with circularly polarized, or spiraling, light.

Opening Neurotransmission’s Gatekeepers

Cornell University researchers used the Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce the first end-to-end simulation of a sodium ion, the fuel that powers NSS, moving from the synapse into the cell via the dopamine transporter (DAT), the gatekeeper for the neurotransmitter dopamine that is associated with reward-motivated behavior.

Introducing…sPHENIX!

A new collaboration of nuclear physicists takes aim at understanding how the ultra-hot, ultra-dense plasma that formed our early universe gets its intriguing properties.

Researchers Gear Up Galaxy-Seeking Robots for a Test Run

A prototype system, designed as a test for a planned array of 5,000 galaxy-seeking robots wielding fiber-optic cables, is taking shape at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

DNA Shaping Up to be Ideal Framework for Rationally Designed Nanostructures

A cube, an octahedron, a prism—these are among the polyhedral structures, or frames, made of DNA that scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed to connect nanoparticles into a variety of precisely structured three-dimensional (3D) lattices.

New Material Has Potential to Cut Costs and Make Nuclear Fuel Recycling Cleaner

A collaboration between experimentalists and computer modelers exploring the characteristics of materials known as metal-organic frameworks that might help in nuclear fuel recycling and waste reduction by capturing certain gases released during reprocessing.

A New Way to Control Oxygen for Electronic Properties

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory found they could use a small electric current to introduce oxygen voids, or vacancies, that dramatically change the conductivity of thin oxide films.

Ames Laboratory Scientists Leave Their Mark on Future Researchers

Ames Laboratory scientists have mentored over 280 students and faculty from 34 universities, colleges and community colleges around the country in programs such as the SULI program – paid internships for undergraduates in science and engineering at DOE laboratories to work with laboratory staff scientists and engineers on projects related to ongoing research programs.

New Beginning at FAST: Research Accelerator Reaches Design Beam Energy

Fermilab sent an electron beam with an energy of 50 million electronvolts, or MeV, through the photoinjector at the Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility (FAST) on May 16, achieving a major design goal for the accelerator – and marking the beginning of a new accelerator science program at the laboratory.

Massive Trove of Battery and Molecule Data Released to Public

The Materials Project, a Google-like database of material properties aimed at accelerating innovation based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has released an enormous trove of data to the public, giving scientists working on fuel cells, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, and a host of other advanced materials a powerful tool to explore new research avenues.