![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg From Left to right: Ian Scheffler, Marino Di Franco, Sasha (Alexandre) Boulgakov, and Dimitry Petrenko competed in the National Science Bowl® in Washington, D.C. for Santa Monica High School in 2008.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-scheffler-040218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=075A31DFB5003B3462A006F50DE2AED86904A580AF27A4787F846750340EE0A7)
Champions in Science: Profile of Ian Scheffler, National Science Bowl® Champion, 2008
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Ian Scheffler, National Science Bowl® Champion, 2008![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Squeezing liquid from a needle, and placing threads of water anywhere in three dimensions.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/lbnl-3d-structures-032918-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=D5F796268C9F991C463F41817B203B0946C5536EF594447C315CA2B621B6DDB2)
Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures
Reconfigurable material could be used for liquid electronics and chemical synthesis, among other applications.
Read more about Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Jora Jacobi had the privilege of meeting Dr. Stephen Hawking at a Caltech event.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-nsb-jacobi-032718-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=910038DF0AD9367B27CCAF69FCE064F2B833C7AC9FC792F9BDE3738D4FD2C29B)
Champions in Science: Profile of Jora Jacobi, National Science Bowl® Competitor
For the run-up to the 2018 National Science Bowl® Finals April 26 to April 30, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Read more about Champions in Science: Profile of Jora Jacobi, National Science Bowl® Competitor![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Researchers work on the delicate wiring of a cryostat, which is like a thermos under vacuum that chills the detectors that are the heart of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/ornl-underground-neutrinos-032618-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=305D803BC484A6497B70535C545B6BBD43DA688A2A293359D7E5153EDABDEDF2)
Underground Neutrino Experiment Sets the Stage for Deep Discovery About Matter
Collaborators of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an experiment led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have shown they can shield a sensitive, scalable 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity.
Read more about Underground Neutrino Experiment Sets the Stage for Deep Discovery About Matter![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Conservators at Stanford University Libraries removed the pages from the leather-bound cover of the book of hymns, and mounted each leaf in an individually fitted, archival mat.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/slac-medical-text-032318-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=729F26726E100C0EED3D839A1D7E870173D0FB7AEB64CCA8489E3E992DBE81D8)
Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years
With X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen. The words had been scraped off the parchment manuscript and written over with hymns in the 11th century.
Read more about Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This sensor can detect methane at much lower concentrations than current ones. It relies on nanotechnology developed at the Center for Nanoscale Materials, an Office of Science user facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-sensors-032118-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=4F96AC25FBB37DD8E512510B0F74C2F4C95326073B217611836FA4C44548A70C)
Sniffing Out the Foundational Science of Sensors
Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors.
Read more about Sniffing Out the Foundational Science of Sensors![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg In a controlled environment, the fastest-growing orientation of graphene crystals overwhelms the others and gets "evolutionarily selected" into a single crystal, even on a polycrystalline substrate, without having to match the substrate’s orientation.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/ornl-graphene-032018-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=45577886BB9251EAD030BFC775557C62E32213C912FF1E185C8D4382898168E3)
New Method to Grow Large Single-Crystal Graphene Could Advance Scalable 2D Materials
The novel technique, developed by a team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, may open new opportunities for growing the high-quality two-dimensional materials necessary for long-awaited practical applications.
Read more about New Method to Grow Large Single-Crystal Graphene Could Advance Scalable 2D Materials![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Illustration showing the principle of in-flight holography.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/slac-holographic-viruses-030818-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=C04A846807EC083FFA73ECD4A22A733B6F39383126D86DF2FFF50E8E4637B86F)
With Laser Light, Scientists Create First X-Ray Holographic Images of Viruses
Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have made the detailed 3-D images of nanoscale biology, with future applications in the study of air pollution, combustion and catalytic processes.
Read more about With Laser Light, Scientists Create First X-Ray Holographic Images of Viruses![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This composite of two astrophysics simulations shows a Type Ia supernova (purple disc) expanding over different microlensing magnification patterns (colored fields).](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/lbnl-supernovae-030118-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=8FB3B7226A39AF3B793107ADCBDB2D5E26F6401EF25284CB1711645B4839EBC0)
Can Strongly Lensed Type Ia Supernovae Resolve One of Cosmology’s Biggest Controversies?
Berkeley Lab researchers think so – and they’re using NERSC supercomputers to find them.
Read more about Can Strongly Lensed Type Ia Supernovae Resolve One of Cosmology’s Biggest Controversies?![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The White House Logo](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/budget-020916-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=F3AF19E2E7254183ABB9FF9FDEF57231CFF74369779BD26B5AFB8D72E71841FE)
FY 2019 President’s Budget Request for DOE’s Office of Science
Details of the White House FY 2019 budget request for DOE Office of Science are now available.
Read more about FY 2019 President’s Budget Request for DOE’s Office of Science![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Illustration of a diamond anvil cell, where samples can be compressed to very high pressures between the flattened tips of two diamonds.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/slac-diamond-anvils-022218-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=77827645803CA1DD75AF98A73BD189FF36D897B40336106CB3A4C6666A34B6BB)
In a First, Tiny Diamond Anvils Trigger Chemical Reactions by Squeezing
Experiments with 'molecular anvils' mark an important advance for mechanochemistry, which has the potential to make chemistry greener and more precise.
Read more about In a First, Tiny Diamond Anvils Trigger Chemical Reactions by Squeezing![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), a DOE user facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides antineutrinos for the PROSPECT experiment.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2018/blog-neutrino-022118-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=6B51A23CB40B648D873F78E4979D33E9CDA3997A94263349975642FB4E1DEB85)
Hunting for Neutrinos: When the Ordinary Is Unexpected
Two modest neutrino experiments look to reveal big answers about how these fundamental particles interact with matter.
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