2018 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

WSU, PNNL Strengthen Research Ties to Shape the Future – Together

Embracing the ‘power of partnerships,’ the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University today announced the formation of the WSU-PNNL Institutes — a collection of three joint institutes that will advance science and technology in nuclear science and technology, advanced grid and bioproducts.

William Higgins Receives Department of Energy Graduate Student Award

Higgins, a fifth-year graduate student in the lab of Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, will study at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, working with John Ankner, Ph.D., lead instrument scientist.

APSU Physics Student Named “Scientist of the Week” at National Lab

Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory named Deborah Gulledge, an undergraduate research intern at the lab, as its Scientist of the Week.

Nova-like Explosion of Spinning Live Bacteria Explained

Suspensions of live bacteria in a viscous liquid do not act as expected when spun at certain speeds and now a team of researchers know why the bacterial aggregation appears to explode when the spinning stops.

A Different Spin on Superconductivity: Unusual Particle Interactions Open up new Possibilities in Exotic Materials

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Physics together with collaborators has seen exotic superconductivity that relies on highly unusual electron interactions.

New Technology Could Wean the Battery World Off Cobalt

A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, has opened the door to using other metals in lithium-based batteries, and have built cathodes with 50 percent more lithium-storage capacity than conventional materials.

Scientist Develops Protein Mimic to Help Injured Lungs Breathe

A Stanford University researcher has bioengineered an effective protein mimic that restored breathing capacity to the injured lungs of rats.

Chemistry Student Earns Admission to National Laboratory Program

Katherine Ceschi, a senior chemistry major at UW-Whitewater, will study for six weeks at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, on Long Island, where she will explore nuclear chemistry. Only 24 students in the country were selected for this highly competitive and prestigious program.

UNH Researchers Find Combination for Small Data Storage and Tinier Computers

It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research from the University of New Hampshire, it might be a reality sooner than once thought.

Stanford Researchers Have Developed a Water-Based Battery to Store Solar and Wind Energy

Stanford scientists have developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could fill a missing piece in the nation’s energy puzzle by storing wind and solar energy for when it is needed, lessening the need to burn carbon-emitting fossil fuels.

Researchers Find Way to Keep Proteins Functioning Outside of the Cell

A team of researchers at Northwestern University and the University of California at Berkeley have discovered a way to keep proteins active outside of a cell. The discovery could lead to a new class of materials with functions found only in living systems.

Is a Dark Particle the 'Dark Horse' of Dark Matter?

Scientists at UC San Diego are proposing the possibility of a yet-to-be-discovered “dark particle” that could account for both dark matter and a defined discrepancy in the field of physics when it comes to measuring neutron lifetime.