2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Electron-Phonon Interactions Affect Heat Dissipation in Computer Chips

MIT researchers have found that interactions between electrons and heat-carrying particles called phonons can play a significant role in preventing heat dissipation in microelectronic devices.

Finding Ideal Materials for Carbon Capture

A group of engineers at Northwestern University have discovered a way to rapidly identify top candidates for carbon capture — using just 1 percent of the computational effort that was previously required.

Researchers Create 3-D Full-Color Holographic Images with Nanomaterials

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are creating a new approach to reconstruct 3-D full-color holographic images by using just one layer of nanoscale metallic film.

UMass Amherst Research to Investigate Soil Microbes’ Role in Carbon Cycle

Microbiologist Kristen DeAngelis at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently was awarded two grants totaling about $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance understanding of the role of soil microbes in feeding carbon into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming.

New Agreement with National Lab Opens Doors for UO Scientists

A new agreement between the University of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, will allow scientists to obtain joint appointments that bridge the two research institutions.

New Record for Fusion

A team of scientists and engineers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center set a new world record for plasma pressure in the Institute’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor on the final day of operation.

Data Drive Quests to Control Nuclear Fusion

Princeton engineers working with colleagues at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are working to create an automated system that reacts quickly enough to maintain stability within the superheated particles in a fusion reactor.

MIT Undergrad Cracks Chemical Mystery

A research team featuring scientists from MIT and Penn State University finds enzyme “cannibalizes” itself to perform an essential reaction.

Physics Whiz: NIU Ph.D. Student Wins Dept. of Energy Graduate Student Research Award

From November through August, Blake Burghgrave will receive monthly stipends totaling more than $30,000 to conduct research for his dissertation at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, N.Y. The highly competitive award is given to students who have the potential to make important contributions to the mission of the DOE Office of Science.

Robert Harrison Named Chief Architect of DOE National Project to Bolster High-Performance Computing for Energy Applications

Robert Harrison, Director of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), has been named the chief architect of a national effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to improve the scale, performance, accessibility and portability of high-performance computational chemistry.

UNH Scientists Receive $1.5 Million to Investigate Human Impact on Soil Microbes

University of New Hampshire scientists received $1.5 million in federal grants as part of an effort to better understand the physiology and genetics of these soil microbes, how human activity is altering them, and the implications for the global climate.

Unusual Quantum Liquid on Crystal Surface Could Inspire Future Electronics

For the first time, an experiment conducted by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Texas-Austin has directly imaged electron orbits in a high-magnetic field, illuminating an unusual collective behavior in electrons and suggesting new ways of manipulating the charged particles.