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

A Different Spin on Superconductivity: Unusual Particle Interactions Open up new Possibilities in Exotic Materials

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Physics together with collaborators has seen exotic superconductivity that relies on highly unusual electron interactions.

Scientists Uncover Details of Viral Infections that Drive Environmental, Human Health

New research from The Ohio State University offers a glimpse into the complexity of interactions between bacteria and the viruses – or phages – that infect them.

New Sodium-ion Electrolyte May Find Use in Solid-state Batteries

A newly discovered structure of a sodium-based material allows the materials to be used as an electrolyte in solid-state batteries, according to researchers from Penn State and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

New Technology Could Wean the Battery World Off Cobalt

A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, has opened the door to using other metals in lithium-based batteries, and have built cathodes with 50 percent more lithium-storage capacity than conventional materials.

Scientist Develops Protein Mimic to Help Injured Lungs Breathe

A Stanford University researcher has bioengineered an effective protein mimic that restored breathing capacity to the injured lungs of rats.

Chemistry Student Earns Admission to National Laboratory Program

Katherine Ceschi, a senior chemistry major at UW-Whitewater, will study for six weeks at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, on Long Island, where she will explore nuclear chemistry. Only 24 students in the country were selected for this highly competitive and prestigious program.

UNH Researchers Find Combination for Small Data Storage and Tinier Computers

It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research from the University of New Hampshire, it might be a reality sooner than once thought.

‘Scaffolding’ Method Allows Biochemists to See Proteins in Remarkable Detail

UCLA biochemists have achieved a first in biology: viewing at near-atomic detail the smallest protein ever seen by the technique whose development won its creators the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

After 30 Years of R&D, Breakthrough Announced in Dark Matter Detection Technology, Definitive Search to Begin for Axion Particles

This week, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX), which is based at the University of Washington, unveiled a new result, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, that places it in a category of one: it is the world’s first and only experiment to have achieved the necessary sensitivity to “hear” the telltale signs of dark matter axions.

MSU Wins Four Top Awards From Department of Energy

Four Michigan State University students earned DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program awards for their research in various areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, making MSU the most-decorated institution represented at the program.

Large Wildfires Bring Increases in Annual River Flow

Large wildfires cause increases in stream flow that can last for years or even decades, according to a new analysis of 30 years of data from across the continental United States.

Better Tools for Supercomputer Research

The U.S. Department of Energy will fund research into a novel approach to improving efficiency of next-generation supercomputer simulations with an award to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral candidate Caitlin Joann Ross.