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Brian Davison: Seeking New Challenges, Forging New Connections in Bioenergy

Davison is chief scientist for the Systems Biology and Biotechnology Initiative at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and an adjunct professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Tennessee.

Increasing Rainfall in a Warmer World Will Likely Intensify Typhoons in the Western Pacific

An analysis of the strongest tropical storms, known as super typhoons, in the western Pacific over the last half-century reveals that they are intensifying.

Supercomputer Simulations Helping to Improve Wind Predictions

A research team led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is performing simulations at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, to develop numerical weather prediction models that can provide more accurate wind forecasts in regions with complex terrain.

Electrons "Puddle" Under High Magnetic Fields

In a new study, Argonne scientists have discovered a way to confine the behavior of electrons by using extremely high magnetic fields.

Theory Provides Roadmap in Quest for Quark Soup 'Critical Point'

Thanks to a new development in nuclear physics theory, scientists exploring expanding fireballs that mimic the early universe have new signs to look for as they map out the transition from primordial plasma to matter as we know it.

Energy Department Transfers Land to City of Oak Ridge as the Community Focuses on Future Economic Development

Today U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and City of Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch formalized an agreement to transfer the Department of Energy’s (DOE) American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) building, along with its 17.12-acres, to the City of Oak Ridge.

Q&A with CFN Scientist Anibal Boscoboinik

Using surface-science tools and a 2D model system, Boscoboinik studies zeolite catalysts, which are used in oil refining, plastics production, and nitrogen oxide reduction.

Make-up, Structure, and Function—For Proteins and Research Teams

Brookhaven Lab team develops advanced research tools to help decode mysteries of genetics, improve human health using sound waves.

Biology and Neutrons Collide to Unlock Secrets of Fish Ear Bones

In a unique pairing of biology and neutron science, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have gained new insights into aquatic biochemistry using the otoliths of the lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens.

Nanoscale 'Conversations' Create Complex, Multi-Layered Structures

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a way to efficiently create scalable, multilayer, multi-patterned nanoscale structures with unprecedented complexity.

Ames National Laboratory Develops Solvent-, Catalyst-Free Way to Produce Alkali Metal Hydrides

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory have found a way to create alkali metal hydrides without the use of solvents or catalysts.

Neutron Diffraction Probes Forms of Carbon Dioxide in Extreme Environments

Through a Deep Carbon Observatory collaboration, Adam Makhluf of the University of California, Los Angeles’s Earth, Space and Planetary Science Department and Chris Tulk of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Chemical and Engineering Materials Division are using neutrons to study the fundamental role carbon dioxide plays in Earth’s carbon cycle, especially in the composition of carbon reservoirs in the deep earth and the evolution of the carbon cycle over time.