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

Uncertainty in Long-run Economic Growth Likely Points Toward Greater Emissions, Climate Change Costs

Researchers from the University of Illinois and Yale University present a systematic method of integrating current models to develop forecasts of uncertainty in global and regional per capita economic growth rates through the year 2100.

New Device Could Increase Battery Life of Electronic Devices by More than a Hundred-fold

A group of physicists led by Deepak K. Singh, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Missouri, has applied for a patent for a magnetic material that employs a unique structure—a “honeycomb” lattice that exhibits distinctive electronic properties.

Strain Game: Leveraging Imperfections to Create Better-Behaved Quantum Dots

Potentially paving the way toward advanced computers, lasers or optical devices, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have revealed new effects in tiny electronic devices called quantum dots.

Strings of Electron-Carrying Proteins May Hold the Secret to “Electric Bacteria”

Could a unique bacterium be nature’s microscopic power plant? Scientist Moh El-Naggar and his team at USC think it’s possible. They work with the Shewanella oneidensis species of bacteria, one of a group of microbes that essentially “breathe” rocks.

Ancient Paper Art, Kirigami, Poised to Improve Smart Clothing

A University at Buffalo-led research team shows how paper-cutting can make ultra strong, stretchable electronics.

MSU Scientists' Discovery in Yellowstone 'Extremely Relevant' to Origin of Life

Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living in Yellowstone National Park’s thermal features that sheds light on the origin of life, the evolution of archaeal life and the importance of iron in early life.

In ‘Nature’: Drilling Down into the Secrets of the Weak Force

William & Mary has a large number of authors on a “Nature” paper reporting accurate measurement of the weak force at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

New CRISPR Technology ‘Knocks Out’ Yeast Genes With Single-Point Precision

The CRISPR-Cas9 system has given researchers the power to precisely edit selected genes. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois have used it to develop a technology that can target any gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and turn it off by deleting single letters from its DNA sequence.

My Internship as a Computational Engineer

Florida International University student Longfei Wei completed an internship at Argonne National Laboratory, working with ANL researchers to test power measurement data and develop machine learning algorithms able to forecast future renewable energy generation.

Engineers Studying Nanodefects Suspected of Causing Early Failures of Electrical Materials

Xiaoli Tan, an Iowa State University professor of materials science and engineering, is working to be the first to see and record how nanoscale defects in electrical insulators may evolve into material breakdowns.

Theory for One Type of Superconductor Solves Puzzle in Another

A 2017 theory proposed by Rice University physicists to explain the contradictory behavior of an iron-based high-temperature superconductor is helping solve a puzzle in a different type of unconventional superconductor, the “heavy fermion” compound known as CeCu2Si2.

Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells are Highly Durable, Fuel Flexible

In the first long-term study of its kind, researchers from Colorado School of Mines have shown that the relatively new class of fuel cells exhibit both the long-term durability and fuel flexibility needed to become a viable commercial alternative to other existing fuel cell technologies.