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Champions in Science Whose Stars Are Still Rising: Profile of Steven Sivek, National Science Bowl Champion 2002
For the run up to the 2015 National Science Bowl Finals April 30th to May 4th, this story is the first of five profiles on previous National Science Bowl competitors and champions.
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Demonstrating Desalination with Nanoporous Graphene Membrane
A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated an energy-efficient desalination technology that uses a porous membrane made of strong, slim graphene—a carbon honeycomb one atom thick.
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Graphene ‘Gateway’ Discovery Opens Possibilities for Improved Energy Technologies
Selective molecular membrane was discovered by a collaboration of scientists at ORNL’s Fluid Reactions, Structures and Transport Energy Frontier Research Center, including researchers at Northwestern, Penn State and the University of Minnesota.
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Lighting a Star and Controlling Its Bursts
Scientists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and General Atomics make breakthrough in understanding how to control intense heat bursts in fusion experiments.
Read more about Lighting a Star and Controlling Its Bursts![efrc-atomic-layer-031315-thumb.jpg An artistic representation of atoms being layered onto surfaces using atomic layer deposition.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2015/efrc-atomic-layer-031315-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=D3050F6886CD1BB6F954F520435C72154687C6E015C54C5A6A6FB7379C94D590)
Atomic Layer Deposition: Precise Control Smaller Than the Eye Can See
Scientists at several of DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centers are creating coatings for energy generation and storage by building materials one atomic layer at a time.
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Dr. Steven Ashby Named Director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ashby has served as PNNL's Deputy Director for Science and Technology since 2008 and was selected following a highly competitive national search.
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Advancing Accelerator Science Using Supercomputing
Experts at Argonne’s Leadership Computing Facility have teamed up with physicists at Fermilab to create more accurate and more reliable models of collisions within the world’s highest-intensity particle beams.
Read more about Advancing Accelerator Science Using Supercomputing![slac-virus-030315-thumb.jpg Rendering one the left shows a 3-D reconstruction of a Mimivirus and the computerized rendering on the right shows a cutaway view of a collection of about 200 X-ray patterns.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2015/slac-virus-030315-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=0FD2AAF9659E930016A661E05B7C9F7E36B60BC916E6B3D3D1CAA046B502A1B9)
Giant Virus Revealed in 3-D Using X-ray Laser
Experiment at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) compiles hundreds of images, reveals inner details of intact ‘mimivirus’.
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Bacterial Armor Holds Clues for Self-Assembling Nanostructures
Berkeley Lab study reveals key details in formation of S-layer nanosheets.
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Targeting Tumors with Particle Beams
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are each announcing the selection of several new research awards to advance particle beam therapies for the treatment of cancer.
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Energy Secretary Moniz Dedicates the World’s Brightest Synchrotron Light Source
NSLS-II at Brookhaven National Lab will accelerate unprecedented advances in energy, environmental science, and medicine.
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New Clues About a Brain Protein with High Affinity for Valium
High-resolution structure revealed by the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven Lab could lead to design of more effective drugs with fewer side effects.
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