Simulations Pinpoint Atomic-level Defects in Solar Cell Nanostructures
A team of researchers used Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center to find the root cause of defects in two commonly used semiconductor materials provide design rules to avoid them.
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Neutrons Zero in on the Elusive Magnetic Majorana Fermion
A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has confirmed magnetic signatures likely related to Majorana fermions—elusive particles that could be the basis for a quantum bit, or qubit, in a two-dimensional graphene-like material, alpha-ruthenium trichloride.
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X-ray Study Reveals Way to Control Molecular Vibrations that Transmit Heat
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new way to track dynamic molecular features in soft materials, including the high-frequency molecular vibrations that transmit waves of heat, sound, and other forms of energy.
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Researchers Seek Sigma Meson on the Path to Heavier Hadrons
A team of computational researchers, led by Jefferson Lab’s Robert Edwards, has been using the Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in studies confirming the existence of exotic mesons and increasing our understanding of the standard model of particle physics.
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Follow the Fantastic Voyage of the ICARUS Neutrino Detector
The world’s largest particle hunter of its kind will travel across the ocean from CERN to Fermilab this summer to become an integral part of neutrino research in the United States.
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Surprising Stripes in a "Bad Metal" Offer Clues to High-Temperature Superconductivity
Using the Spallation Neutron Source at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists have measured subtle electronic fluctuations that could help pinpoint the mechanism behind high-temperature superconductors
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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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Chemical “Dance” of Cobalt Catalysis Could Pave Way to Solar Fuels
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Harvard University have been able to see for the first time an especially important chemical step in the process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen – the basic reaction at the heart of creating entirely renewable fuels from solar energy.
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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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DOE Office of Science Update and FY 2018 Budget Request to Congress
DOE Office of Science Acting Director Steve Binkley provides an Office of Science Update at the June 2, 2017 NSAC Meeting.
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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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