Life at the Frontiers of Energy Research Video Contest

April 22, 2011 :: The Office of Science announced the winners of the Energy Frontier Research Centers Video Contest and the start of the People’s Choice Contest. The video with the most votes by 5:00 pm on May 24, 2011 will receive the People’s Choice Award. Be sure to vote for your favorites. The winning videos will be shown during an awards ceremony at the EFRC Summit on May 25, 2011. View the full Office of Science news story here.

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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.

Advanced Computing Brings Autonomous Investigations to Nanostructured Surfaces

Machine learning and artificial intelligence accelerate nanomaterials investigations.