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10 Questions for a Physicist: Christian Bauer
PECASE Awardee talks science and sailing.
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Celebrating Achievement . . . and Potential
DOE honors its winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
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Beyond the Transistor
EFRC researchers fabricate a novel device for channeling light.
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The Value of National Labs
2011 Nobel Laureate, Saul Perlmutter, discusses what makes Berkeley Lab unique, and the value of national labs in award-winning research.
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Saluting Scientists and Engineers
Please join us at DOE's PECASE Awards.
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Unfolding A Better Future
Oak Ridge research on proteins may offer new insights into deadly diseases.
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Saul Perlmutter Wins Nobel Prize
He's expanded our horizons, and opened our eyes.
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Appetite for Service
Office of Science-funded researcher shows how bacteria can clean up radioactive waste.
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Closing of a Collider . . . and Opening of a New Frontier
Fermilab moves toward new discoveries.
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Creating Bright Ideas for Lasting Innovations
National Labs leading charge on building better batteries.
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Running Deep, Showing Bright
Scientists make better aquifer maps through laser light.
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One of a Top Ten Under 40
Popular Science spotlights Office of Science researcher as one of 2011's "Brilliant 10" young researchers.
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