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U.S. Department of Energy Awards $13.5M to Enhance Sorghum for Biofuel

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that it will be part of a major collaborative research project to improve sorghum's productivity under resource-limited conditions.

Scratching the Surface: Studying Sea Spray Aerosols at EMSL

Universities, national lab, and users facility researchers are using EMSL expertise and specialized instruments to analyze the chemical composition and structure of sea spray aerosols with spectrometry, electron microscopy, and modeling.

Neutrons Offer Guide to Getting More Out of Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries

A new study conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, has revealed promising results that could drastically boost the performance of solid-state electrolytes, and could potentially lead to a safer, even more efficient battery.

The Marriage of Molecular and Nanoparticle Interactions Is No Fool’s Errand

By combining supramolecular chemistry and nanoparticle self-assembly, a team of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and University of Michigan has created a new toolbox of golden possibilities.

Some Like it Hot: Simulating Single Particle Excitations

Researchers with Berkeley Lab used a real-time numerical algorithm to study electron movement, to understand how long a particle stays excited, and whether there is energy backflow from hot carrier – a single particle excitation - to plasmon – a cloud of electrons.

CERN and US Increase Cooperation

The United States and the European physics laboratory have formally agreed to partner on continued LHC research, upcoming neutrino research and a future collider.

Shining a Light on Water-Splitting Reactions

Eric Isaacs, a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) recipient, probes how metal nanoparticles supercharge sunlight's water-splitting feat.

Scientists Compose Complex Math Equations to Replicate Behaviors of Earth Systems

Climate researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are developing complex equations that mathematically describe how Earth's various systems, processes and cycles work, interact and react in different conditions.

ORNL Technique Could Set New Course for Extracting Uranium from Seawater

An ultra-high-resolution technique used for the first time to study polymer fibers that trap uranium in seawater may cause researchers to rethink the best methods to harvest this potential fuel for nuclear reactors.

Diamonds May Be the Key to Future NMR/MRI Technologies

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have demonstrated that diamonds may hold the key to the future for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies.

Now Available: Seeds from the Tree of Life

PNNL’s public release of more than 35,000 files with detailed information about important microbes can help scientists study the entire "tree of life."

A Collaboration Bears Fruit as W7-X Celebrates First Research Plasma

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and other U.S. institutions joined colleagues from around the world at the celebration for the first plasma of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator at the Max Planck Institute in Greifswald, Germany.