Dr. Cherry Murray Confirmed as Director of the Office of Science
As Director of the Office of Science, Dr. Murray will oversee research in the areas of advanced scientific computing, basic energy sciences, biological and environmental sciences, fusion energy sciences, high energy physics, and nuclear physics.
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Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered that a single layer of tiny diamonds increases electron emission 13,000-fold.
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A team led by Michael Zingale of Stony Brook University is exploring the physics of Type Ia supernovas using the Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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When scientists participating in the GoAmazon 2014/2015 experiment measured the physical state of aerosols drifting over the Amazon rain forest, they found that 80 percent of the time those particles were liquid.
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Peering into the seething soup of primordial matter created in particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—an "atom smasher" dedicated to nuclear physics research at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory—scientists have come to a new understanding of how particles are produced in these collisions.
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Synchrotron X-ray analysis by researchers at the Advanced Photon Source has shown why compacted graphite iron can conduct heat better than ductile iron while maintaining good ductile strength.
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Scientists at Ames Lab developed a new technology for producing large amounts of titanium powder and granted a license for this technology to produce low-cost, high-volume manufacturing.
Read more about Ames Laboratory-Developed Titanium Powder Processing Gains International Customer BaseProducing Cold Electron Beams to Increase Collision Rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Engineers and physicists team up on new technology for keeping particle beams tightly packed, with possible applications at a future electron ion collider and other facilities.
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PNNL researchers found a surprising diversity among genomes within a microbial community, proving that microdiversity plays an important role.
Read more about The Truth About MicrodiversityBrookhaven Lab Climate Scientists Embark on New Efforts to Study Ocean Clouds and Mountain Storms
ARM's Eastern North Atlantic observation facility on Graciosa Island in the Azores will collect data on the interaction of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation as part of the ACE-ENA field campaign to investigate the impact of aerosols on low-lying marine clouds.
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Middle school and high school students begin competing next month in the 2016 National Science Bowl, sponsored by the Department of Energy and managed by DOE’s Office of Science, leading up to the national championship in May 2016.
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A new era of electronics and even quantum devices could be ushered in with the fabrication of a virtually perfect single layer of “white graphene,” according to researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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