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Enhancing the Energy Harvest
EFRC researchers fashion solar cells with greater than 100% "Quantum Efficiency."
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America's Next Top Energy Innovator
Review startups' innovations based on inventions and technology developed by the DOE National Labs, and cast your vote for who you think could make the greatest contribution to the country's economic and energy future.
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New Mariners and a Massy Map
Researchers at Berkeley Lab make most accurate calculation of the stuff in the universe.
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A Step Closer to Arresting a Killer
Office of Science research reveals a potential new target against malaria.
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Battery Heal Thyself
Researchers at Argonne National Lab designing batteries that can survive daily damage and accidental assaults.
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Clearest Picture Yet of Dark Matter Points the Way to Better Understanding of Dark Energy
Scientists at Fermilab and Berkeley Lab build the biggest maps of dark matter yet, using methods that will improve ground-based surveys.
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Watch Live: A Notable Win and a Nobel Webcast
Tune in Friday, January 13th, at 10:00 a.m. to energy.gov for a special presentation by Dr. Saul Perlmutter, a scientist at Berkeley Lab and winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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A Step Toward Artificial Photosynthesis
EFRC researchers construct an artificial version of a bacterium's light-absorbing "antenna."
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