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

Remote Predictions of Fluid Flow in Fractures Possible with New Finding

A team of researchers at Purdue University have created a way to quickly and remotely evaluate fluid flow in subsurface fractures that could impact aquifers, oil and gas extraction, sequestration of greenhouse gases or nuclear waste and remediation of leaked contaminants.

Collaborative Study of Tundra Soil Demonstrates Vulnerability of Ecosystem to Climate Warming

Findings from one of the first comprehensive field studies by a collaborative team of researchers demonstrate the active layer microbiome of tundra soil was significantly altered after only 1.5 years of experimental warming—a rapid response demonstrating high sensitivity of this ecosystem to warming.

Chemists Combine Biology and Nanotechnology to Create Alternate Energy Source

Chemists in the Syracuse College of Arts and Sciences have made a transformational advance in an alternate lighting source—one that doesn’t require a battery or a plug.

Model Perfect

A team of researchers led by the University of Delaware's Dion Vlachos has developed a framework to address the issue of errors in mathematical models by looking at the effects of correlated parameters.

Researchers Synthesize a Rare Mineral for the First Time

An international group of researchers including Lehigh University scientists have synthesized an extremely rare mineral and used it as a catalyst precursor to improve two reactions that are of great importance to the chemical industry.

Best for Biofuels

New research at the University of Illinois has identified regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing effects on water quantity and quality.

Using Glass to Improve Graphene’s Powerful Conductivity

A team of scientists led by Matthew Eisaman, a physicist at Stony Brook University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, have developed a method using common glass for creating resilient, customized, and high-performance graphene.

UW Scientists Create Ultrathin Semiconductor Heterostructures For New Technological Applications

University of Washington scientists have successfully combined two different ultrathin semiconductors — each just one layer of atoms thick and roughly 100,000 times thinner than a human hair — to make a new two-dimensional heterostructure with potential uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics.

A Metal That Behaves Like Water

Researchers at Harvard University and Raytheon BBN Technology describe new behaviors and new ways to measure the revolutionary material graphene.

Making Sense of Metallic Glass

A team including Carnegie’s Qiaoshi “Charles” Zeng and Ho-kwang “Dave” Mao, among others, is trying to figure out the rules that govern metallic glass’s creation by looking at metallic glasses under extreme pressures.

Researchers Find New Clues in 100-Year-Old Mystery of Frank-Starling Law of the Heart

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology and Loyola University have discovered new clues in the 100-year-old mystery of the Frank-Starling law of the heart: What makes the heart contract more strongly at longer lengths given the same level of calcium activation?

The Iron Stepping Stones to Better Wearable Tech Without Semiconductors

Iron-dotted boron nitride nanotubes, made by physicists at Michigan Tech, could make for better wearable tech because of their flexibility and electronic behaviors.