Flipping the Switch
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are collaborating with industry to develop a high-performance material that nearly doubles the performance of traditional insulators without a high cost premium.
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Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have shown, using a recent theory for nonlinear light scattering when light passes through nanostructures, that it is possible to predict the nonlinear optical properties of metamaterials.
Read more about New Design Tool for MetamaterialsTargeting Tumors with Particle Beams
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are each announcing the selection of several new research awards to advance particle beam therapies for the treatment of cancer.
Read more about Targeting Tumors with Particle BeamsOffice of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: High Energy Physics (HEP), Nuclear Physics (NP), and Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
The High Energy Physics (HEP) program strives to advance our understanding of how the universe works at its most fundamental level. The mission of the Nuclear Physics (NP) program is to discover, explore, and understand all forms of nuclear matter. The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program advances the fundamental understanding of matter at very high temperatures and densities and builds the scientific foundations needed to develop a fusion energy source.
Read more about Office of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: High Energy Physics (HEP), Nuclear Physics (NP), and Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)Direct Measurement of Key Molecule Will Increase Accuracy of Combustion Models
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are the first to directly measure hydroperoxyalkyl radicals — a class of reactive molecules denoted as “QOOH” — that are key in the chain of reactions that controls the early stages of combustion.
Read more about Direct Measurement of Key Molecule Will Increase Accuracy of Combustion ModelsEnergy Secretary Moniz Dedicates the World’s Brightest Synchrotron Light Source
NSLS-II at Brookhaven National Lab will accelerate unprecedented advances in energy, environmental science, and medicine.
Read more about Energy Secretary Moniz Dedicates the World’s Brightest Synchrotron Light SourceOffice of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific user facilities to support DOE’s energy, environment, and basic research missions.
Read more about Office of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: Biological and Environmental Research (BER)Record Keeping Helps Bacteria’s Immune System Fight Invaders
Two experiments undertaken at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory provide new insight at the heart of bacterial adaptive defenses in a system called CRISPR, short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat.
Read more about Record Keeping Helps Bacteria’s Immune System Fight InvadersOffice of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Basic Energy Sciences (BES) supports fundamental research to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and energy at the electronic, atomic and molecular levels in order to provide the foundations for new energy technologies and to support DOE missions in energy, environment, and national security.
Read more about Office of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: Basic Energy Sciences (BES)Rediscovering Spontaneous Light Emission
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nano-sized optical antenna that can greatly enhance the spontaneous emission of light from atoms, molecules and semiconductor quantum dots.
Read more about Rediscovering Spontaneous Light EmissionOffice of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program seeks to expand our computational and networking capabilities in order to extend the frontiers of science and technology.
Read more about Office of Science FY 2016 Budget Request: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)5 Ways to Put Tiny Targets in Front of an X-ray Laser
Scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have assembled an exotic toolbox for experiments that tap into the brightest X-Rays on the planet.
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