2017 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

UAlbany Part of First Team to Use High-Energy Beamline to Study Molecular Vibrations

Satyendra Kumar, UAlbany’s associate vice president for Research and a professor of Physics, was part of a team of researchers that studied a new way to track dynamic molecular features in soft materials, including the high-frequency molecular vibrations that transmit waves of heat, sound and other forms of energy.

Squeezing Oil Out of Plants and Into Your Gas Tank: It's Hard.

When the Benning lab at Michigan State University tried a technique for producing plant biofuels, an unexpected result led to an increase in our basic knowledge of plant biology.

Stanford Discovery Could Lead to Sustainable Source of the Fuel Additive Ethanol

Stanford associate professor Thomas Jaramillo and SLAC scientist Christopher Hahn have demonstrated the feasibility of designing copper catalysts that convert carbon dioxide into ethanol without corn or other crops.

Differences in Sea Spray Particle Chemistry Linked to Formation Processes of Drops by Bubbles in Breaking Waves

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has identified for the first time what drives the observed differences in the chemical make-up of sea spray particles ejected from the ocean by breaking waves.

Alloying Materials of Different Structures Offers New Tool for Controlling Properties

Oregon State scientists are involved in new research that could lead to greater materials control and in turn better semiconductors, advances in nanotechnology for pharmaceuticals and improved metallic glasses for industrial applications.

Researchers Send DNA on Sequential, and Consequential, Building Mission

A team of scientists at New York University have developed a method to create structures whose building blocks are a millionth of a meter in size by encoding DNA with assembly instructions.

'Magic' Alloy Could Spur Next Generation of Solar Cells

In what could be a major step forward for a new generation of solar cells called "concentrator photovoltaics," University of Michigan researchers have developed a new semiconductor alloy that can capture the near-infrared light located on the leading edge of the visible light spectrum.

How to Build an Artificial Nano-Factory to Power our Futures

Manuel Sommer and researchers at the Kerfeld lab are studying how the factories building sugar from carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, called carboxysomes, are built and work.

Into the Wild: Exploring Yeast Biodiversity for Better Biofuel

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center postdoctoral researcher David Peris is harnessing the power of yeast biodiversity in order to develop yeast strains that can address the challenges of the cellulosic biofuel industry.

Hydrology Graduate Student Wins DOE Research Award

Lauren Foster, a PhD student in the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program at Colorado School of Mines, will spend next year researching the effects of climate change in complex terrain at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

High Temperature Step-by-Step Process Makes Graphene from Ethene

An international team of scientists has developed a new way to produce single-layer graphene from a simple precursor: ethene – also known as ethylene – the smallest alkene molecule, which contains just two atoms of carbon.

Newly Discovered Chemical Reaction in Eye May Improve Vision

A light-sensing pigment found in everything from bacteria to vertebrates can be biochemically manipulated to reset itself, an important therapeutic advantage, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.