![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Members of the 1999 National Science Bowl® championship team were (L to R): Kaushik Roy, Andrew Mills, Manish Gala, Jason Rubenstein, and (not pictured) Jacob Paul, from Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-mills-042318-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=833ACE6AC2EFE98DD9DF8DD9800AB7EFE604CFDAE0F0A316F387953B0F7826BC)
Champions in Science: Profile of Andrew Mills, National Science Bowl® Champion
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Andrew Mills, National Science Bowl® Champion![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Francois Greer, second from right, and the team from State College Area High School were welcomed to the White House in 2008 by First Lady Laura Bush.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-greer-041618-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=317C7A6AD143D13D2B4FA01B26C80302E12433373E8B4C274F79898F02015D9C)
Champions in Science: Profile of Francois Greer, National Science Bowl® Champion
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Francois Greer, National Science Bowl® Champion![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This interior view of the MiniBooNE detector tank shows the array of photodetectors used to pick up the light particles that are created when a neutrino interacts with a nucleus inside the tank.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/fermi-neutrino-experiment-041018-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=06A2B626FFD00E9E04E85225805114A410A718E765B9918F9C0C38AEA47309E7)
Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab Delivers an Unprecedented Measurement
MiniBooNE scientists demonstrate a new way to probe the nucleus with muon neutrinos.
Read more about Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab Delivers an Unprecedented Measurement![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Candice Kamachi (in red coat) and her teammates were greeted as they arrived home in California after winning the 1996 National Science Bowl® in Washington, D.C.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-kamachi-040918-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=3AD7518A2C40D40C938854C9B847F78141E29DE9960263295487AF07B06B9E3B)
Champions in Science: Profile of Candice Kamachi, National Science Bowl® Champion
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Candice Kamachi, National Science Bowl® Champion![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Logos of Argonne National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/doe-exascale-computing-040918-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=3FB8EF623B2B672AD1467EDD96367E69407FDD1BB871A9B17553FB295108143A)
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Announces $1.8 Billion Initiative for New Supercomputers
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP), potentially worth up to $1.8 billion, for the development of at least two new exascale supercomputers to be deployed at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories in the 2021-2023 timeframe.
Read more about Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Announces $1.8 Billion Initiative for New Supercomputers![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory used the technology they developed to decommission the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor to develop the Miniature Integrated Nuclear Detection System. The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor, a former Office of Science user facility, ran for more than a decade before the lab decommissioned it in 1999.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-fusion-040418-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=CFD49462BA572A007F2B08F5756775DF4CA3861E70BB86BEE6C125A0371F1B35)
Fusion Research Ignites Innovation
How technologies developed for fusion have taken on second lives in industry.
Read more about Fusion Research Ignites Innovation![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg From Left to right: Ian Scheffler, Marino Di Franco, Sasha (Alexandre) Boulgakov, and Dimitry Petrenko competed in the National Science Bowl® in Washington, D.C. for Santa Monica High School in 2008.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-scheffler-040218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=075A31DFB5003B3462A006F50DE2AED86904A580AF27A4787F846750340EE0A7)
Champions in Science: Profile of Ian Scheffler, National Science Bowl® Champion, 2008
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Ian Scheffler, National Science Bowl® Champion, 2008![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Squeezing liquid from a needle, and placing threads of water anywhere in three dimensions.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/lbnl-3d-structures-032918-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=D5F796268C9F991C463F41817B203B0946C5536EF594447C315CA2B621B6DDB2)
Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures
Reconfigurable material could be used for liquid electronics and chemical synthesis, among other applications.
Read more about Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Jora Jacobi had the privilege of meeting Dr. Stephen Hawking at a Caltech event.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-jacobi-032718-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=910038DF0AD9367B27CCAF69FCE064F2B833C7AC9FC792F9BDE3738D4FD2C29B)
Champions in Science: Profile of Jora Jacobi, National Science Bowl® Competitor
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Jora Jacobi, National Science Bowl® Competitor![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Researchers work on the delicate wiring of a cryostat, which is like a thermos under vacuum that chills the detectors that are the heart of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/ornl-underground-neutrinos-032618-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=305D803BC484A6497B70535C545B6BBD43DA688A2A293359D7E5153EDABDEDF2)
Underground Neutrino Experiment Sets the Stage for Deep Discovery About Matter
Collaborators of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an experiment led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have shown they can shield a sensitive, scalable 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity.
Read more about Underground Neutrino Experiment Sets the Stage for Deep Discovery About Matter![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Conservators at Stanford University Libraries removed the pages from the leather-bound cover of the book of hymns, and mounted each leaf in an individually fitted, archival mat.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/slac-medical-text-032318-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=729F26726E100C0EED3D839A1D7E870173D0FB7AEB64CCA8489E3E992DBE81D8)
Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years
With X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen. The words had been scraped off the parchment manuscript and written over with hymns in the 11th century.
Read more about Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This sensor can detect methane at much lower concentrations than current ones. It relies on nanotechnology developed at the Center for Nanoscale Materials, an Office of Science user facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-sensors-032118-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=4F96AC25FBB37DD8E512510B0F74C2F4C95326073B217611836FA4C44548A70C)
Sniffing Out the Foundational Science of Sensors
Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors.
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