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

The New Bioenergy Research Center: Building on Ten Years of Success

Building on the success of 10 years of investigation into the production of renewable fuels from plants, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently embarked on a new mission: to develop sustainable alternatives to transportation fuels and products currently derived from petroleum.

Brown Awarded $3.5M to Speed Up Atomic-scale Computer Simulations

With a new grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a Brown University-led research team will use machine learning to speed up atom-level simulations of chemical reactions and the properties of materials.

Tailoring Cancer Treatments to Individual Patients

Supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center help researchers design cancer models and predict treatments outcomes based on patient-specific conditions.

New Lithium-Rich Battery Could Last Much Longer

A team of Northwestern University researchers working with the Argonne National Laboratory developed a rechargeable lithium-iron-oxide battery that can cycle more lithium ions than its common lithium-cobalt-oxide counterpart.

Global Fisheries to be, on Average, 20 Percent Less Productive in 2300, UCI Study Finds

University of California, Irvine climatologists expect the world’s fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in the year 2300, with those in the North Atlantic down nearly 60 percent and those in much of the western Pacific experiencing declines of more than 50 percent.

Do You Know Where Your Xenon Is? Maybe It’s Hanging Out with Iron and Nickel in the Earth’s Core

The paradox of the missing xenon might sound like the title of the latest airport thriller, but it’s actually a problem that’s stumped geophysicists for decades. New work from an international team including Carnegie’s Alexander Goncharov and Hanyu Liu, and Carnegie alumni Elissaios Stavrou and Sergey Lobanov, is chasing down the solution to this longstanding puzzle.

How Detecting Light in the Water Affects How Much Food Cyanobacteria Get

Scientists at Michigan State University have linked how water-dwelling bacteria monitor light wavelengths in their surroundings with their capacity to do photosynthesis. The research has medical/biofuels implications.

Chemist Car Wins DOE Funding for Computational Chemistry Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Wednesday, Sept. 19, that Roberto Car, Princeton’s Ralph W. *31 Dornte Professor in Chemistry and a professor with the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, was one of 10 researchers to win funding for computational chemistry.

Scientists Use Tiny Diamond Anvils to Put Squeeze on Materials

Scientists have turned tiny bits of diamond and super-hard specks into “molecular anvils” that squeeze and twist molecules until chemical bonds break and atoms exchange electrons.

Hatchet Enzyme, Enabler of Sickness and of Health, Exposed by Neutron Beams

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) get a pioneering glimpse inside elusive cell membranes exposes a major player in cell health but also in hepatitis C and in Alzheimer's.

New Research Yields Super-Strong Aluminum Alloy

A team of researchers that included Purdue postdoctoral research associate Sichuang Xue and doctoral student Qiang Li have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications.

Beyond Silicon: Researchers Solve a Materials Mystery Key to Next-Generation Electronic Devices

Researchers from University of Wisconsin–Madison – as well as collaborators from Ohio State University, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Argonne National Laboratory, Sungkyunkwan University, and Pohang University of Science and Technology – have solved a materials mystery in oxide electronics materials.