July 29-30, 2014

July 29-30, 2014 Topics: News from DOE Office of Science; News from Office of Basic Energy Sciences; Center for Applied Mathematics for Energy Research Applications; Big Ideas Summit and DOE Tech Teams Summary; JCESR Update; Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division COV Report; Update on the Workforce Development Needs in SC Research Disciplines Charge; Grand Challenge Update and Initial Discussion of BESAC Charge; Evolution of the Energy Landscape; Summary of Future of Electron Scattering and Diffraction Workshop
1) Welcome and Introduction	John Hemminger, BESAC Chair University of California, Irvine
2) News from DOE Office of Science	Pat Dehmer, Acting Director Office of Science	ppt
3) News from Office of Basic Energy Sciences	Harriet Kung, Director Office of Basic Energy Sciences	ppt
4) Center for Applied Mathematics for Energy Research Applications	James Sethian, University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	ppt
5) Big Ideas Summit and DOE Tech Teams Summary	Steve Binkley, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research	pdf
6) JCESR Update	George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory	ppt
7) Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division COV Report	Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois-Champaign	ppt
8) Update on the Workforce Development Needs in SC Research Disciplines Charge	John Hemminger, BESAC Chair University of California, Irvine
9) Grand Challenge Update and Initial Discussion of BESAC Charge	Mark Ratner, Northwestern University; George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory; John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory	ppt ppt
10) Evolution of the Energy Landscape	Ellen Williams, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Energy at Department of Energy	pdf
11) Summary of Future of Electron Scattering and Diffraction Workshop	Yimei Zhu, Brookhaven National Laboratory	pdf

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Depiction of the newly discovered magnetic order of nickel spins (arrows) in nickel monosilicide as revealed by neutron diffraction (background) for the two sites of nickel (spheres).

A Surprising Discovery: Magnetism in a Common Material for Microelectronics

For the first time, researchers discovered magnetic order at high temperature in a metal widely used by the electronics industry.

Infrared laser light (red beam) illuminates the surface of ZrSiSe and mixes with electron oscillations enabled by an atomic force microscope (silver cone), propagating light as ray-like structures that guide the light through the interior (blue zig-zag).

What If Metals Could Conduct Light?

In the unusual world of quantum materials, metals can guide light in their interiors instead of merely reflecting it.

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