![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The new E3SM earth system model can simulate storms with surface winds faster than 150 miles per hour.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-earth-systems-071218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=630EFA3F44535E4B5FC5FE61E305FFC6BDAF3633BC16AE54E20BE53B312ED50E)
How to Fit a Planet Inside a Computer: Developing the Energy Exascale Earth System Model
DOE researchers have developed a new simulation to help us learn more about Earth’s present and future.
Read more about How to Fit a Planet Inside a Computer: Developing the Energy Exascale Earth System Model![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg New research about the transfer of heat—fundamental to all materials—suggests that in thermal insulators, heat is conveyed by atomic vibrations and by random hopping of energy from atom to atom.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/ornl-heat-movement-070218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=0EC825FC83C723DA21C1EEBF1D4ED3FCEECD94E68AB59C621271F399F17AAB27)
New Insights Bolster Einstein’s Idea About How Heat Moves Through Solids
A discovery by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a century-old theory by Albert Einstein that explains how heat moves through everything from travel mugs to engine parts.
Read more about New Insights Bolster Einstein’s Idea About How Heat Moves Through Solids![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg NREL and BETCy scientists Dave Bobela and David Mulder talk about EPR and light-triggered processes at an open house showcasing the new capabilities.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/doe-efrc-062918-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=6EECCCFBA60C8D4B9F3EFA84D6D79BB9622EE9138DDEED7DBC985FE063BC8DA6)
DOE Awards $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announces $100 million in funding for 42 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to strengthen U.S. economic leadership and energy security.
Read more about DOE Awards $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg A study using a powerful beam of electrons at SLAC has revealed new atomic details of the melting of gold, potentially benefitting the development of fusion power reactors, steel processing plants, spacecraft and other applications.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/slac-melting-gold-062918-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=3DEE424C408836DD6927D51BAD74F685C5785F10232028178414EE8CAFF38CF3)
Atomic Movie of Melting Gold Could Help Design Materials for Future Fusion Reactors
SLAC’s high-speed ‘electron camera’ shows for the first time the coexistence of solid and liquid in laser-heated gold, providing new clues for designing materials that can withstand extreme conditions.
Read more about Atomic Movie of Melting Gold Could Help Design Materials for Future Fusion Reactors![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Summit supercomputer was named No. 1 on the TOP500 List.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/ornl-supercomputer-062618-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=88612EB42D952ABE3CF58A154CEBEC32FDF5D9578C9A7ED5307D0177851D4266)
ORNL’s Summit Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is once again officially home to the fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems.
Read more about ORNL’s Summit Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This picture shows three different images of a single patient with end-stage prostate cancer.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-isotopes-062018-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=50A2FA4CEB892960C3B01C38EC1FB7AF7D5F847EECB5BBAA57E0EEA41D8B13AC)
The Journey of Actinium-225: How Scientists Discovered a New Way to Produce a Rare Medical Radioisotope
Although research into promising cancer treatments using actinium-225 started with a rare and limited source, DOE scientists have found a new way to dramatically increase its supply.
Read more about The Journey of Actinium-225: How Scientists Discovered a New Way to Produce a Rare Medical Radioisotope![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This report is intended to highlight outstanding examples of major scientific accomplishments emerging from 40 years of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) research.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/besac-061218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=630808DE9E1A764FA6801414968DBD0EB86305AF3952623FF926F0AF302B0508)
40 Years of Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy
New report highlights outstanding examples of major scientific accomplishments emerging from 40 years of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) research.
Read more about 40 Years of Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg In these rows of sequenced images, produced using X-ray-based techniques, the first column shows the demagnetized state of a multilayer material containing gadolinium and cobalt; the second column shows the residual magnetism in the same samples after an external, positive magnetic field was applied and then removed; and the last column shows the samples when a negative magnetic field is applied.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/lbnl-magnetic-materials-061118-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=7F8774F9F5A73442EC7E0E2845B6B364663452272EEE4CADFC1EFD3431A1B60B)
Non-Crystal Clarity: Scientists Find Ordered Magnetic Patterns in Disordered Magnetic Material
Study led by Berkeley Lab scientists relies on high-resolution microscopy techniques to confirm nanoscale magnetic features.
Read more about Non-Crystal Clarity: Scientists Find Ordered Magnetic Patterns in Disordered Magnetic Material![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Introducing Summit: America's newest and smartest supercomputer.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/doe-summit-computer-060818-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=3F80BD8097D2A62AD1AB0B92C5B3171F3A6F39C41FBA60628BED3745BC66A8D8)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Launches America’s New Top Supercomputer for Science
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) unveils Summit as the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer.
Read more about Oak Ridge National Laboratory Launches America’s New Top Supercomputer for Science![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/bnl-higgs-quark-060518-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=C0316C060666048752CC9D7C30E59066F5DF9A5E0E35820A056F2BDC0CC01EFF)
The Perfect Couple: Higgs and Top Quark Spotted Together
Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced a discovery that finally links the two heaviest known particles: the top quark and the Higgs boson.
Read more about The Perfect Couple: Higgs and Top Quark Spotted Together![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Researchers on the GoAmazon project had this view from the top of the Eddy Flux Tower in the canopy, where they measured trees’ emissions.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-trees-053018-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=0B6BC0EBE6A756776627847AD6A1213BF9BCD4ABB3A4558ECC52A864D2C279EC)
From Leaves to Clouds: Revealing How Trees’ Emissions Shape The Air Around Us
Data from the GoAmazon project is illuminating the connections between forests and atmosphere.
Read more about From Leaves to Clouds: Revealing How Trees’ Emissions Shape The Air Around Us![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Neutron scattering studies of lattice excitations in a fresnoite crystal revealed a way to speed thermal conduction.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/ornl-supersonic-waves-052218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=E9A796698955BF910E730C411422B3887C3B2D4368FEC2D98885E87A8FC7D003)
Supersonic Waves May Help Electronics Beat the Heat
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, propagating supersonically through a vibrating crystal lattice—a discovery that may dramatically improve heat transport in insulators and enable new strategies for heat management in future electronics devices.
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