![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Stony Brook University graduate student Qiyuan Wu and Brookhaven Lab Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) staff scientist Dmitri Zakharov studying samples at the Titan Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope at the CFN.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/bnl-catalyst-production-090716-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=B3CFB18F24701A4072C2F6D3FFA8E76A77312BD4D7B3EE8D8CA2746FE60FEB41)
Collaboration Strikes Gold Pioneering a New Method for Catalyst Production
Jet stream of liquid helium blows gold vapor through a barren, cold landscape to deposit pristine, stable gold nanoparticles.
Read more about Collaboration Strikes Gold Pioneering a New Method for Catalyst Production![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Visualization of the 3-D distributions of elements in a fluid catalytic cracking particle; each color represents a different element.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/slac-3d-catalyst-083116-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=93E46EE20D8F52EC6328FD752E93210E11943329F83F2C41F35EE7F5ABC30AD8)
A Virtual Flight Through a Catalyst Particle Finds Evidence of Poisoning
At SLAC Synchrotron, two X-ray techniques give a 3-D view of why catalysts used in gasoline production go bad.
Read more about A Virtual Flight Through a Catalyst Particle Finds Evidence of Poisoning![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This rendering shows opposite configurations in the molecular structure of a plant hormone called jasmonic acid (gray and red) that are bound to nanostructures (gold and blue) called MOFs, or metal-organic frameworks.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/lbnl-3d-molecules-081916-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=921277DFCA5F29DED589805A981A0E8C50FCB20800750FE9EDC353874A3DE3FA)
A New Way to Display the 3-D Structure of Molecules
Metal-organic frameworks provide a new platform for solving the structure of hard-to-study samples.
Read more about A New Way to Display the 3-D Structure of Molecules![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg One of the genomes sequenced for this study was of the yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/jgi-yeasts-081616-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=B0612C0250E3578D5963FECEBBAE11B0AECB16FF12DDD0329031A0B5846F5684)
Expanding the Stable of Workhorse Yeasts
New genome sequences target next generation of yeasts with improved biotech uses.
Read more about Expanding the Stable of Workhorse Yeasts![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Diagram which shows light falling on the walls triggers formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and other “reactive oxygen species” that kill bacteria.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/slac-disinfect-water-081516-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=920CDC59084D7F4D4612F6E4CED5E9D0141C64620B94E5263C1E65003A7D65FE)
SLAC, Stanford Gadget Grabs More Solar Energy to Disinfect Water Faster
Plopped into water, a tiny device triggers the formation of chemicals that kill microbes in minutes.
Read more about SLAC, Stanford Gadget Grabs More Solar Energy to Disinfect Water Faster![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The chemical phase within the battery evolves as the charging time increases. The cut-away views reveal a change from anisotropic to isotropic phase boundary motion.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/bnl-xray-imaging-081216-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=C7F05F4E770BAC5D25576451A8BB5FABB1B0BD7A24D6549BC0E93D8E06798FDF)
Slicing Through Materials with a New X-ray Imaging Technique
Images reveal battery materials' chemical reactions in five dimensions – 3D space plus time and energy.
Read more about Slicing Through Materials with a New X-ray Imaging Technique![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg CFN researchers Gwen Wright and Aaron Stein at the electron beam lithography writer in the CFN cleanroom.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/bnl-nanotechnology-080816-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=2FAFD485E01DBE807761D5384CE9B5B58C7E463D824C143B41DF7C8C92749753)
Smarter Self-Assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology
Brookhaven Lab scientists discover a way to create billionth-of-a-meter structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency.
Read more about Smarter Self-Assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg SLAC engineer Corey Hardin inspects one of the newly-arrived mirrors in a clean room facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/slac-mirrors-080216-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=4A33DBBE6C12D2D83E2E0904C38249FEC3094E583BD16DE4129781BEAA8B22BF)
Perfection in Sight: SLAC Receives New Mirrors for X-ray Laser
SLAC is improving the quality of its X-ray laser beam with new meter-long mirrors, made from an individual silicon crystal artificially grown in a lab and polished to perfection.
Read more about Perfection in Sight: SLAC Receives New Mirrors for X-ray Laser![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Lumeras founder Andrew Merriam, left, and SLAC/Stanford Professor Zhi-Xun Shen with a tabletop laser the company developed and installed in a laboratory run by SIMES.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/slac-tabletop-laser-072116-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=F070871767CC6FA9A3A9D7F7ABADDB940F58D72F0BE10DCC5D9FD495A9C3D22C)
SLAC and Stanford Scientists Work with Startup to Get Tabletop Laser Through the ‘Valley of Death’
Collaboration turns a novel tabletop laser – one that produces extreme ultraviolet light at unprecedented energies and pulse rates for studies of complex materials – into a commercial product.
Read more about SLAC and Stanford Scientists Work with Startup to Get Tabletop Laser Through the ‘Valley of Death’![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Announcement for the 2016 Lawrence Awards.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/lawrence-nominations-071816-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=2577E110FC5DB0B02C82E941218DEA7BCCA69DDF2863BB41C4015D0F65EFC093)
Nominations for the 2016 E. O. Lawrence Award Are Now Open
The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award is bestowed by the Secretary of DOE to mid-career scientists and engineers in recognition of exceptional scientific, technical, and/or engineering contributions. Nominations are being accepted through October 31, 2016.
Read more about Nominations for the 2016 E. O. Lawrence Award Are Now Open![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Announcement for the 2016 Fermi Awards.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/fermi-nominations-071816-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=34C210A1712AE635F1E1D01C5AE3991A91DE8A0F7EE349D4095C9A88ADE4A77E)
Nominations for the 2016 Enrico Fermi Award Are Now Open
The Enrico Fermi Award recognizes outstanding contributions and achievements that are particularly distinguished and demonstrate scientific, technical, management or policy leadership. Nominations are being accepted through October 31, 2016.
Read more about Nominations for the 2016 Enrico Fermi Award Are Now Open![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The Sloan Digital Sky Survey and its Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey has transformed a two-dimensional image of the sky (left panel) into a three-dimensional map spanning distances of billions of light years, shown here from two perspectives (middle and right panels).](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/lbnl-dark-energy-071416-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=252C7F45150DDF992EBFDF5029B857B8445B544A63B5E17A1FC804B8C73030BC)
Dark Energy Measured with Record-Breaking Map of 1.2 Million Galaxies
A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies.
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