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A New Look at Surface Chemistry

A team of scientists from Berkeley and Brookhaven national labs, as well as Northwestern and Melbourne universities, have developed a new technique for studying the atomic structure of material surfaces.

Biofuels and Bioenergy (VIDEO)

Thanks to an array of advanced technologies and techniques, scientists at DOE’s Joint BioEnergy Institute are making significant progress in the development of biofuels that are cost-competitive and environmentally sound.

Study Finds a Way to Prevent Fires in Next-Generation Lithium Batteries

In a study that could improve the safety of next-generation batteries, researchers discovered that adding two chemicals to the electrolyte of a lithium metal battery prevents the formation of dendrites – “fingers” of lithium that pierce the barrier between the battery’s halves, causing it to short out, overheat and sometimes burst into flame.

The Protein Problem

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab are using the power of the Titan supercomputer coupled with the intense pulsed beams at the Spallation Neutron Source to unravel the structure and function of one of nature’s most vital actors.

Argonne Confirms New Commercial Method For Producing Medical Isotope

The effort to secure a stable, domestic source of a critical medical isotope reached an important milestone this month as the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory demonstrated the production, separation and purification of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) using a process developed in cooperation with SHINE Medical Technologies.

Argonne Scientists Announce First Room-Temperature Magnetic Skyrmion Bubbles

Researchers at UCLA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory announced today a new method for creating magnetic skyrmion bubbles at room temperature.

Automating Microbial Genome Sequence Decontamination

A team from the Prokaryotic Super Program at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, has developed the first computational protocol for quick and automated removal of contaminant sequences from draft genomes.

A Bright Light for Ultrafast Snapshots of Materials

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way of producing an efficient, high-repetition-rate XUV source for use in obtaining rapid, sharp images of electronic structure.

3D Potential Through Laser Annihilation

A team of scientists at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source and the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF’s) are using the power of ALCF’s IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, Mira, to reveal the atomic structures behind the scatterings left by ultra intense bursts from x-ray lasers.

LHC Physicists Preserve Native American Voices

Physicists are using LHC detector technology to retrieve Native American music from old recordings.

Investigating Buried Interfaces in Ferroelectric Materials

Researchers at Berkeley Lab and the Soleil Synchrotron in Paris decode interface switching effects in ferroelectric memories.

Newly Discovered Property Could Help Beat the Heat Problem in Computer Chips

X-ray studies at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have for the first time observed an exotic property that could warp the electronic structure of a material in a way that reduces heat buildup and improves performance in ever-smaller computer components.