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Researchers Build Bacteria’s Photosynthetic Engine
Scientists used the Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create a 100-million-atom simulation of a chromatophore, providing an unprecedented look at how bacteria harvest light for food.
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Congratulations to the New 2015-2016 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows!
The Department of Energy and its partners at NASA, and the National Science Foundation have selected eleven outstanding science, technology, engineering and mathematics educators to serve 11-month fellowships at the Federal agencies and on Capitol Hill.
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Oxygen: Not at All Random
Corrosion follows a different path when it comes to uranium dioxide, the primary component of the rods that power nuclear reactors, according to a new study by scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Chicago, and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.
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New Computer Model Could Explain how Simple Molecules Took First Step Toward Life
Two Brookhaven researchers developed theoretical model to explain the origins of self-replicating molecules.
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Unlocking the Rice Immune System
Joint BioEnergy Institute study identifies protein that is key to protecting rice against bacterial blight.
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Young Scientist Discovers Magnetic Material Unnecessary to Create Spin Current
Scientists at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory are working on a surprising discovery that has important implications for the field of spintronics and the development of high-speed, low-power electronics that use electron spin rather than charge to carry information.
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
The Office of Science salutes the winners of the E.O. Lawrence Awards.
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Mounting A Charge
Scientists at the University of Chicago and Oak Ridge National Lab, supported by DOE’s Early Career Research Awards, are attacking exascale computing challenges on two fronts: power and resilience.
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ORNL Researchers Make Scalable Arrays of ‘Building Blocks’ for Ultrathin Electronics
For the first time, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have combined a novel synthesis process with commercial electron-beam lithography techniques to produce arrays of semiconductor junctions in arbitrary patterns within a single, nanometer-thick semiconductor crystal.
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Simulations Lead to Design of Near-Frictionless Material
Argonne scientists used Mira to identify and improve a new mechanism for eliminating friction, which fed into the development of a hybrid material that exhibited superlubricity at the macroscale for the first time.
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Cleaning Up Bunker Oil with White Rot Fungi
Researchers at the DOE Joint Genome Institute evaluate how fungi better known for breaking down plant biomass do in a bioremediation application.
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Long-Sought Discovery Fills in Missing Details of Cell 'Switchboard'
SLAC's x-ray laser lends new insight into key target for drug development.
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