2017 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

IU Grad Student Earns Department of Energy Award to Advance Research on High-Energy Physics

Jacob Christopher Zettlemoyer of the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics will pursue experimental research on high-energy physics with support from the grant at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Differences in Sea Spray Particle Chemistry Linked to Formation Processes of Drops by Bubbles in Breaking Waves

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has identified for the first time what drives the observed differences in the chemical make-up of sea spray particles ejected from the ocean by breaking waves.

Researchers Discover Breakthrough Process for Directly Converting Methane to Methanol

The direct oxidation of methane—found in natural gas—into methanol at low temperatures has long been a holy grail. Now, researchers at Tufts have found a breakthrough way to accomplish the feat using a heterogeneous catalyst and cheap molecular oxygen.

First-of-its-Kind Mummy Study Reveals Clues to Girl’s Story

Researchers from Northwestern University brought a mummy to Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source for an all-day x-ray scattering experiment to probe the materials and objects, while leaving the mummy and her wrappings intact.

Researchers Link Robots Into Surveillance Teams

Researchers at Cornell University are developing a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around and, if necessary, get help in interpreting what they see, enabling them to conduct surveillance as a single entity with many eyes.

Graduate Student to Work with Federal Researchers in Pacific Northwest

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program announced recently that William G. Rodriguez-Reillo, a graduate student in organismic and evolutionary biology, will be spending three to 12 months working in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., to conduct part of his doctoral dissertation work.

New Method Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing

Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday electronic devices.

A Step Toward Mars

A highly successful test of a prototype power generator at the University of Dayton Research Institute bodes well for NASA's plans to expand its exploration of Mars with the next rover mission.

Our Solar System’s “Shocking” Origin

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss offers fresh evidence supporting the theory that our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova.

Atomistic Calculations Predict that Boron Incorporation Increases the Efficiency of LEDs

Using predictive atomistic calculations and high-performance supercomputers at the NERSC computing facility, researchers Logan Williams and Emmanouil Kioupakis at the University of Michigan found that incorporating the element boron into the widely used InGaN (indium-gallium nitride) material can keep electrons from becoming too crowded in LEDs, making the material more efficient at producing light.

Not So Elementary

A UC Santa Barbara physicist and colleagues review three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

Physicists Use Numerical ‘Tweezers’ to Study Nuclear Interactions

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed numerical “tweezers” that can pin a nucleus in place, enabling them to study how interactions between protons and neutrons produce forces between nuclei.