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

First-of-its-Kind Mummy Study Reveals Clues to Girl’s Story

Researchers from Northwestern University brought a mummy to Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source for an all-day x-ray scattering experiment to probe the materials and objects, while leaving the mummy and her wrappings intact.

Quantum Leap: Novel Computational Approach Launches New Paradigm in Electronic Structure Theory

A group of Michigan State University (MSU) researchers specializing in quantum calculations has proposed a radically new computational approach to solving the complex many-particle Schrödinger equation that holds the key to explaining the motion of electrons in atoms and molecules.

New Technique Allows Rapid Screening for New Types of Solar Cells

A team at MIT and other institutions has come up with a way to bypass the time-consuming steps currently needed to test new photovoltaic materials.

Delving Into the Atomic Realm

Using a one-of-a-kind, handmade microscope, Wilson Ho, University of California, Irvine’s Donald Bren Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry, and his graduate students succeeded in imaging halogen bonds in real space.

Discovery of Thin Transparent Film Could Improve Electronics and Solar Cells

A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the highest-ever conductivity in its class. The new material could lead to smaller, faster, and more powerful electronics, as well as more efficient solar cells.

New Plutonium Discovery Lights Way for FSU Chemistry Professor’s Work to Clean Up Nuclear Waste

Florida State University Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt and a team of researchers have been studying plutonium — Pu on the Periodic Table of Elements — for almost two decades to understand how it behaves chemically, and how it differs from lighter elements like iron or nickel.

Molecular Scale Science May Inform Water Purification Methods and Battery Improvements

A new technique developed by a team including University of Delaware Prof. Neil Sturchio and colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Chicago has produced real-time observations documenting the chemical reactions that happen between liquids and solids.

UH Graduate Mathematics Student Earns DOE Research Award

Kyle Williams, a University of Houston student working on his doctoral degree in applied mathematics has been selected for a graduate student research program offered by the U.S. Department of Energy.