Rattled Atoms Mimic High-temperature Superconductivity
X-ray laser experiment provides first look at changes in atomic structure that support superconductivity.
Read more about Rattled Atoms Mimic High-temperature SuperconductivitySLAC, RadiaBeam Build New Tool to Tweak Rainbows of X-ray Laser Light
The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has teamed up with Santa Monica-based RadiaBeam Systems to develop a device known as a dechirper, which will provide a new way of adjusting the range of energies within single pulses from SLAC’s X-ray laser.
Read more about SLAC, RadiaBeam Build New Tool to Tweak Rainbows of X-ray Laser LightDr. Franklin Orr Confirmed as Under Secretary for Science and Energy
WASHINGTON – Dr. Franklin (Lynn) Orr was confirmed by the Senate on December 4, 2014 as the Under Secretary for Science and Energy at the Department of Energy.
Read more about Dr. Franklin Orr Confirmed as Under Secretary for Science and EnergySearching for a Dark Light
A new experiment at Jefferson Lab is on the hunt for dark photons, hypothetical messengers of an invisible universe.
Read more about Searching for a Dark LightPowerful New Technique Simultaneously Determines Nanomaterials' Chemical Makeup, Topography
A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Ohio University have devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography of nanoscale materials down to the height of a single atom.
Read more about Powerful New Technique Simultaneously Determines Nanomaterials' Chemical Makeup, TopographyLearning the Language of Cell Life: Ames Laboratory Scientists Use Genetic Markers to Discover the Rhizosphere
A team of scientists are on the brink of creating a technology that would allow a clearer look at the entire rhizosphere system through the use of aptamers, short strands of genetic material that bind to a specific target molecule.
Read more about Learning the Language of Cell Life: Ames Laboratory Scientists Use Genetic Markers to Discover the RhizosphereA Better Look at the Chemistry of Interfaces
New X-ray spectroscopy technique at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source being used for the study of heterogeneous interfaces.
Read more about A Better Look at the Chemistry of InterfacesOptimized Algorithms Boost Combustion Research
Turbulent combustion simulations, which provide input to the design of more fuel-efficient combustion systems, have gotten their own efficiency boost, thanks to researchers from the Computational Research Division (CRD) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
Read more about Optimized Algorithms Boost Combustion ResearchOffice of Science Salutes New AAAS Fellows
Nine researchers join a distinguished company at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Read more about Office of Science Salutes New AAAS FellowsPresident Obama Presents Mildred Dresselhaus with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dr. Dresselhaus, a professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at MIT and former Director of DOE’s Office of Science who has earned numerous other accolades, including the Enrico Fermi Award, was honored as, “One of the most prominent physicists, materials scientists, and electrical engineers of her generation."
Read more about President Obama Presents Mildred Dresselhaus with the Presidential Medal of FreedomOn the Right Track for Tropical Clouds
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory find the cause of moisture buildup that initiates and propels the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
Read more about On the Right Track for Tropical CloudsRobotics Meet X-ray Lasers in Cutting-edge Biology Studies
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are combining the speed and precision of robots with one of the brightest X-ray lasers on the planet for pioneering studies of proteins important to biology and drug discovery.
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