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Diamonds That Deliver
Neutrons, simulation analysis of tRNA-nanodiamond combo could transform drug delivery design principles.
Read more about Diamonds That Deliver![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg NASA’s Adaptable, Deployable Entry Placement Technology (ADEPT) Project will test and demonstrate a large, flexible heat shield that can be stored aboard a spacecraft until needed for atmospheric entry.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/lbnl-spacecraft-shielding-022217-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=6CC97E8FFC11D4B693ED625221137163CC453E0555AE45228BD4D386D4289D27)
The Heat is On
X-rays reveal how simulated atmospheric entry conditions impact spacecraft shielding.
Read more about The Heat is On![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Berkeley Lab scientists Junqiao Wu, Changhyun Ko, and Fan Yang (l-r) are working at the nano-Auger electron spectroscopy instrument at the Molecular Foundry, a DOE Office of Science User Facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/lbnl-thermoelectrics-013017-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=550F60AE895B7660CAD0AF20F67027D8EFE21D3527B9168149E216558003B0CF)
For This Metal, Electricity Flows, But Not the Heat
Berkeley-led study finds law-breaking property in vanadium dioxide that could lead to applications in thermoelectrics, window coatings.
Read more about For This Metal, Electricity Flows, But Not the Heat![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Kelly Gaffney is the director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/blog-user-facility-gaffney-011817-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=41638FF41600CB0F45F6973F8F31E2510179BFB36E5D586D5C93E5671DA66894)
Meet the Director: Kelly Gaffney
Kelly Gaffney is the director of the SSRL, a user facility that produces extremely bright x-rays as a resource for researchers to study our world at the atomic and molecular level of energy production, environmental remediation, nanotechnology, new materials, and medicine.
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Meet the Director: John Hill
John Hill directs the NSLS-II User Facility in its mission, providing extremely bright X-rays for basic and applied research in biology and medicine, materials and chemical sciences, geosciences and environmental sciences, and nanoscience.
Read more about Meet the Director: John Hill![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Stuart Henderson, the new Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/jlab-new-director-011017-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=1DE781C92EC7B3C1D966FFC45FFC205943A8515BE02B5C6D7AC6471A13C4FEE2)
New Director Named to Lead U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC announce that Stuart Henderson will become the new Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia.
Read more about New Director Named to Lead U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Frames from an animation shows electron states in a single layer of tungsten disulfide crystal that’s been illuminated with circularly polarized light in the red to near-infrared wavelength range.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/slac-topological-materials-010517-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=A0E8131D389F9E54875CF09E3A5F538DCC3DD4C58A9244503A5A655657F5CC1D)
Light Can Switch On Topological Materials
Computer simulations show how light pulses can create channels that conduct electricity with no resistance in atomically thin semiconductors.
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