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Big Chill Sets in as RHIC Physics Heats Up

Run 14 promises highest collision rates enabling exploration of detailed properties of early-universe matter

Fourteen Teams Win Regional National Science Bowl Competitions, Secure Spots in National Finals in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced that 14 teams of middle and high school students won their regional competitions for the 2014 National Science Bowl this past weekend and are advancing to the National Finals in Washington, D.C., in April.

Letting in the Light

Self-cleaning solar panel coating optimizes energy collection, reduces costs.

Berkeley Lab Researcher Proposes Phones and Other Devices as Energy-Saving Tools

Putting a smartphone to use even when it’s just sitting in your pocket.

‘Digital Alchemists’ Design New Materials

University of Connecticut researchers supported by the Office of Science are using computers to create custom-tailored compounds.

A Look Inside Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials

New video gives inside look at user facility dedicated to bringing out the great potential of materials at minuscule scales.

Plastic Proteins and New Possibilities for Insight

Berkeley Lab’s Peppytides, interactive models of polypeptide chains, offer new ways to understand nature’s essential machines.

Eleven Teams Win Regional National Science Bowl Competitions, Secure Spots in National Finals in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced that 11 teams of middle and high school students won their regional competitions for the 2014 National Science Bowl this past weekend and are advancing to the National Finals in Washington, D.C., in April.

ORNL Study Advances Quest for Better Superconducting Materials

Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is providing insight that could lead to better superconductors.

Vehicle Design Innovator Local Motors Signs CRADA with ORNL to Enable the Rapid Design and Manufacturing of Vehicles Through Direct Digital Manufacturing

PHOENIX — Local Motors, Inc. announces a groundbreaking new partnership with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Local Motors will work with the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at ORNL to develop and deliver technology to produce the world’s first production 3D printed vehicle.

Greenwald, Starkman and Cane Win Top Communications Award From CASE

Three members of the communications team at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab recognized for outstanding work by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Two Teams Win Regional National Science Bowl Competitions, Secure Spots in National Finals in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced that two teams of students — one middle school and one high school — won their regional competitions for the 2014 National Science Bowl this past weekend and are advancing to the National Finals in Washington, D.C., in April.