2015 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

$12.5 Million Added to Research Funds

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program awarded SDSU mechanical engineering researcher and assistant professor Ilenia Battiato with a competitive award grant to advance her research.

New Catalyst Does More With Less Platinum

Platinum is a highly reactive and in-demand catalyst across the chemical and energy industries, but a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Georgia Institute of Technology scientists could reduce the world’s dependence on this scarce and expensive metal.

Making the Biofuels Process Safer for Microbes

A team of investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University have created a process for making the work environment less toxic—literally—for the organisms that do the heavy lifting in the increasingly important field of bioproducts derived from cellulosic biomass.

Why Do Puddles Stop Spreading?

Simple everyday phenomenon was unexplained by physics — until now.

Mak to Receive Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Funding

Kin Fai Mak, assistant professor of physics in Eberly College of Science at Penn State, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science to receive funding for his research as part of the DOE's Early Career Research Program.

Layered Graphene Beats the Heat

An international team of researchers, led by faculty at the University of Michigan, have found that a layered form of graphene can expel heat efficiently, which is an important feature for its potential applications in building small and powerful electronics.

New Study Explains Near-Annual Monsoon Oscillations Generated by El Nino

A new research study by a team of climate researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa explains for the first time the source of near-annual pressure and wind changes discovered previously in the Southeast Asian Monsoon system.

Predicting Superbugs’ Countermoves to New Drugs

Software developed by Duke researchers predicts MRSA’S response to new drug before it’s tested on patients.

Unraveling Root Growth Control Network

Researchers at UC Davis and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have for the first time described part of the network of genetic controls that allows a plant to grow.

“Assassin” Targets Supernovae in Our Neighborhood of the Universe

While many astronomical collaborations use powerful telescopes to target individual objects in the distant universe, a new project at The Ohio State University is doing something radically different: using small telescopes to study a growing portion of the nearby universe all at once.

Mapping of Silver Matrix Formation in Batteries Will Enhance Efficiency

Scientists at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory are using pioneering x-ray techniques to map internal atomic transformations of the highly conductive silver matrix formation within lithium-based batteries that may lead to the design of more efficient batteries.

Stanford Engineers Use Brilliant X-rays to Illuminate Catalysis, Revise Theories

Using high-brilliance X-rays in a new way, Stanford engineers observed electrons at work during catalytic reactions. Their findings challenge long-held theories about some catalysts, opening the door to new or improved renewable energy applications.