![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, scientists are devising ways to blunt reactive oxygen atoms’ impact on producing biofuels.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/blog-oxygen-061917-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=0FE2975C3C7112B8FC172A9A1E30C5F9AC8DCD6CA659E249C69412D14C0EE830)
Oxygen: The Jekyll and Hyde of Biofuels
Scientists are devising ways to protect plants, biofuels and, ultimately, the atmosphere itself from damage caused by an element that sustains life on earth.
Read more about Oxygen: The Jekyll and Hyde of Biofuels![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Alex Kholodov (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) uses an electric auger to prepare holes for water wells at NGEE Arctic Sites in Barrow, Alaska.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/blog-permafrost-061317-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=DBD8D69BF55C5D2B2D790FCEF02B23C8A7319C3EE21AEF180C575D9E52BDF303)
Defrosting the World’s Freezer: Thawing Permafrost
To enhance Earth system models, researchers are examining how and why permafrost thaws and melts.
Read more about Defrosting the World’s Freezer: Thawing Permafrost![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Argonne chemists Dugan Hayes, Lin Chen, and Ryan Hadt have identified a rapid electronic process that could aid the water-splitting reaction in cobalt-containing catalysts.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/anl-cobalt-catalysis-060517-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=222805E57FE76D3786EED21BD4E7277EEECEBDF107324E17F1D2B8148AD760FD)
Chemical “Dance” of Cobalt Catalysis Could Pave Way to Solar Fuels
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Harvard University have been able to see for the first time an especially important chemical step in the process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen – the basic reaction at the heart of creating entirely renewable fuels from solar energy.
Read more about Chemical “Dance” of Cobalt Catalysis Could Pave Way to Solar Fuels![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Berkeley Lab's Heavy Flavor Tracker team included (from left) Mario Cepeda, Kenneth Wilson, Leo Greiner, Howard Wieman, Thomas Johnson and Giacomo Contin.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/bnl-particle-tracker-053017-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=5D5D64F835C55F5B5B07D8BA17A5182310CFFDABC5870CE4E20446D281C23292)
Heavy Particles Get Caught Up in the Flow
First results from new precision particle detector designed to reveal detailed properties of subatomic "soup" that mimics the early universe.
Read more about Heavy Particles Get Caught Up in the Flow![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Neutron scattering is a valuable technique for studying cell membranes, but signals from the cell’s other components such as proteins, RNA, DNA and carbohydrates can get in the way.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/ornl-cell-membrane-052417-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=EB2C77381FE52BEB6E5237427A787011CDDC49B990E5050B00D322264BBB76F9)
Neutrons Provide the First Nanoscale Look at a Living Cell Membrane
A research team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has performed the first-ever direct nanoscale examination of a living cell membrane.
Read more about Neutrons Provide the First Nanoscale Look at a Living Cell Membrane![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Hans Christen directs nanoscale material science research at the Center for Nanophase Material Sciences in east Tennessee.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/blog-user-facility-christen-051617-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=3B08A1F20B4617803EFD68351ABF59EC2C76756219352F250C9C65A4451EEFE3)
Meet the Director: Hans Christen
For Hans Christen, director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences user facility, science is his way of life.
Read more about Meet the Director: Hans Christen![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg A new ferroelectric material developed at Berkeley Lab could lead to wireless communications in extreme environments, such as space.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/lbnl-ferroelectrics-051117-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=8F63EC4DD20B97D0675F86ABE71A3A8EA70A50B1645FE8AACA126AE5CF289BAB)
Scientists Help Thin-Film Ferroelectrics Go Extreme
Berkeley Lab researchers create polarization gradient, boost temperature span of ubiquitous material.
Read more about Scientists Help Thin-Film Ferroelectrics Go Extreme![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg A simulation of the behavior of a zinc oxide nanocrystal when it's excited by ultrafast lasers.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/anl-piezoelectrics-050817-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=8BFBA1216EE02D4FADACDCAACD1132C2F9239756AD3BADE711F2A6A0504D67E7)
X-ray Imaging and Computer Modeling Help Map Electric Properties of Nanomaterials
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach for studying piezoelectric materials by using ultrafast 3-D X-ray imaging and computer modeling.
Read more about X-ray Imaging and Computer Modeling Help Map Electric Properties of Nanomaterials![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Students from Massachusetts and California win DOE’s 27th National Science Bowl®.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/nsb-winners-050217-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=446CB2F814C5D58D09A806920317CC0B26534EB44BCD13575F5121AF95FC68F8)
Students from Massachusetts and California win DOE’s 27th National Science Bowl®
Students from Lexington High School in Lexington, Massachusetts and Joaquin Miller Middle School in San Jose, California won the 2017 U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl® Monday in Washington, D.C.
Read more about Students from Massachusetts and California win DOE’s 27th National Science Bowl®![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This weekend, 63 high school teams and 48 middle school teams will be competing in Finals of the 2017 National Science Bowl.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/nsb-finals-042717-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=F46A3FFEE3FB2016FF4C4C880D61C9CEC04D1AA1995FF00791759903BB67B1B9)
Finals of the 27th National Science Bowl® Begin Today
This weekend, 63 high school teams and 48 middle school teams will be competing in Finals of the 2017 National Science Bowl. Keep checking back for updates and results of your favorite teams.
Read more about Finals of the 27th National Science Bowl® Begin Today![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Zach Teitler, now an associate professor of math, was on the championship team for Albany High School in the 1993 National Science Bowl®.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/blog-nsb-teitler-041717-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=E7623675DF03C5C7A7AE1CF4D6D5FCE7F916EDBE577D7CD11219BFFAC9BA33EE)
Champions in Science: Profile of Zach Teitler
For the run-up to the 2017 National Science Bowl® Finals April 27 to May 1, this is the last profile in a series on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Zach Teitler![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Left to right, in the back: Si Hwang Chin, Peter Chan, Renee Landrum. Front row: coach Penny Sconzo, Susan Born, and Shireen Haque with their 1994 National Science Bowl® trophy.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/blog-nsb-haque-041017-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=8F6CB8B709559A2CC22E35A36E76EE2A19A465531FF579050EC798B94CA62AB1)
Champions in Science: Profile of Shireen Haque
For the run-up to the 2017 National Science Bowl® Finals April 27 to May 1, this is the third in a series of four profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Shireen Haque