SLAC X-ray Beam Helps Uncover Blueprint for Lassa Virus Vaccine
A decade-long search ends at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, where researchers from The Scripps Research Institute emerge with a clear picture of how the deadly Lassa virus enters human cells.
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Scientists Design Molecular System for Artificial Photosynthesis
Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a system to mimic key functions of the photosynthetic center in green plants to convert solar energy into chemical energy.
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Muon magnet’s moment has arrived
The Muon g-2 experiment, located at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has begun its search for phantom particles with its world-famous and well-traveled electromagnet.
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Department of Energy Announces Dr. Thomas Zacharia as Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
On Wednesday, May 31st, United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Zacharia as the new Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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Ames Laboratory Scientists Are Able to "See" Light-to-Energy Transfer in New Solar Cell Materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory are now able to capture the moment less than one trillionth of a second a particle of light hits a solar cell and becomes energy, and describe the physics of the charge carrier and atom movement for the first time.
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Newly Identified Microbial Process Could Reduce Toxic Methylmercury Levels
A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has identified a novel microbial process that can break down toxic methylmercury in the environment, a discovery that could potentially reduce mercury toxicity levels and support health and risk assessments.
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Brookhaven Lab's NSLS-II Reaches Critical Accelerator Milestone – 300 Milliamp Current
Brookhaven National Laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), one of the world’s most advanced synchrotron light sources, recently achieved an important milestone in its accelerator development: the bunches of electrons circling the facility’s storage ring at nearly light speed are now doing so at a current of 300 milliamps (mA).
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Clearing Up the Gray Zone for Convection
PNNL researchers showed that modeling at 4-kilometer grid spacing or using scale-aware representations produces skillful precipitation simulations.
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Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down Cellulose
A team led by researchers at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara has found for the first time that early lineages of fungi can form complexes of enzymes capable of degrading plant biomass.
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Argonne Scientists Make Vanadium Into a Useful Catalyst for Hydrogenation
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have transformed a common metal into a useful catalyst for a wide class of reactions, a role formerly reserved for expensive precious metals.
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $72 Million for Innovative Research and Development by Small Businesses
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that the Department of Energy will award 73 grants totaling $72 million to 68 small businesses in 24 states.
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How X-rays Helped to Solve Mystery of Floating Rocks
X-ray studies at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have helped scientists to solve this mystery by scanning inside samples of lightweight, glassy, and porous volcanic rocks known as pumice stones.
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