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5 Ways SLAC’s X-ray Laser Can Change the Way We Live

Since it began operation in 2009, the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source has generated molecular movies, gotten a glimpse of the birth of a chemical bond, traced electrons moving through materials and made 3-D pictures of proteins that are key to drug discovery.

Birth and Growth of an Aerosol

Scientists led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are finding new ways to more accurately model the birth of tiny aerosol particles that impact climate.

Illuminating the Universe’s Ignition

A multi-institution team is using the supercomputing resources at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility to simulate 10 million years of cosmic time, tracking evolving properties of galaxies to understand the epoch of reionization as galaxies formed after the Big Bang.

Mix and Match MOF

Researchers working at two DOE’s user facilities have created a composite of a MOF and a helper molecule in which the two work in concert to separate oxygen from other gases simply and cheaply.

Multi-Scale Simulations Solve a Plasma Turbulence Mystery

Cutting-edge simulations run at NERSC over a two-year period are helping physicists better understand what influences the behavior of the plasma turbulence that is driven by the intense heating necessary to create fusion energy.

UT and ORNL Scientists Gain New Insights Into Atomic Disordering of Complex Metal Oxides

A research team led by University of Tennessee scientists have discovered a novel atomic disordering mechanism in an important class of complex metal oxides, using the SNS Nanoscale-Ordered Materials Diffractometer for an in-depth look at the material samples.

An Improved Compact Picture of Particles

A team from the University of Wyoming and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory improved a popular atmospheric model by adding a new way to depict carbon-containing atmospheric particles.

PPPL Engineers Design and Build State-of-the-Art Controller for AC to DC Converter that Manages Plasma in Upgraded Fusion Machine

Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed an updated version of a key electronic component that helps regulate the current that powers the coils in PPPL's recently completed National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U).

Next-Generation Aerosol Observing System Prepares to Deploy to Alaska

Portable laboratory commissioned by DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility contains over a dozen instruments for collecting critical Arctic climate data.

Plasma Processing Technique Takes SNS Accelerator to New Energy Highs

A novel technique known as in-situ plasma processing is helping scientists get more neutrons and better data for their experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

DOE-Funded Bioenergy Research Centers File 500th Invention Disclosure

Three U.S. Department of Energy-funded research centers – the BioEnergy Science Center (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (University of Wisconsin–Madison and Michigan State University), and the Joint BioEnergy Institute (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) – are making progress on a shared mission to develop technologies that will bring advanced biofuels to the marketplace, reporting today the disclosure of their 500th invention.

Intense X-Rays Expose Tiny Flaws in 3-D Printed Titanium That Can Lead to Breakage Over Time

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University used the synchrotron X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source to image porosity, or the presence of pores, in a 3-D printed titanium alloy, Ti-6Al-4V.