40 Years of Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy
New report highlights outstanding examples of major scientific accomplishments emerging from 40 years of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) research.
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Non-Crystal Clarity: Scientists Find Ordered Magnetic Patterns in Disordered Magnetic Material
Study led by Berkeley Lab scientists relies on high-resolution microscopy techniques to confirm nanoscale magnetic features.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Launches America’s New Top Supercomputer for Science
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) unveils Summit as the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer.
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The Perfect Couple: Higgs and Top Quark Spotted Together
Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced a discovery that finally links the two heaviest known particles: the top quark and the Higgs boson.
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From Leaves to Clouds: Revealing How Trees’ Emissions Shape The Air Around Us
Data from the GoAmazon project is illuminating the connections between forests and atmosphere.
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Supersonic Waves May Help Electronics Beat the Heat
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, propagating supersonically through a vibrating crystal lattice—a discovery that may dramatically improve heat transport in insulators and enable new strategies for heat management in future electronics devices.
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Quarks Feel the Pressure in the Proton
Inside every proton in every atom in the universe is a pressure cooker environment that surpasses the atom-crushing heart of a neutron star. That’s according to the first measurement of a mechanical property of subatomic particles, the pressure distribution inside the proton, which was carried out by scientists at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
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The Weak Side of the Proton
A new result from the Q-weak experiment at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility provides a precision test of the weak force, one of four fundamental forces in nature.
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Construction Begins on One of the World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Experiments
The SuperCDMS SNOLAB project, a multi-institutional effort led by SLAC, is expanding the hunt for dark matter to particles with properties not accessible to any other experiment.
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Students from Massachusetts and Washington Win DOE’s 28th National Science Bowl®
Successful competition highlights the importance of investing in the next generation of leaders in science.
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Finals of the 28th National Science Bowl® Begin Today
This weekend, 65 high school teams and 48 middle school teams will be competing in Finals of the 2018 National Science Bowl. Keep checking back for updates and results of your favorite teams.
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Going with the Hypersonic Flow
Argonne scientists are helping to solve the challenge of hypersonic flight by unraveling the complexities of combustion, which will propel aircraft to those speeds.
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