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Researchers use advanced nuclear models to explain 50-year mystery surrounding the process stars use to transform elements.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $75 million in funding for 66 university research awards on a range of topics in high energy physics to advance knowledge of how the universe works at its most fundamental level.

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As one of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science’s biggest projects, the National Synchrotron Light Source-II put managers’ management skills to the test. Careful planning and reviews allowed them to tackle challenges including vibrations from ocean waves and building powerful magnets.

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The radii of three proton-rich calcium isotopes are smaller than previously predicted because models didn’t account for two nuclear interactions.

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The behavior of active magnetic liquids suggests new pathways to transport particles across surfaces and build materials that self-heal.

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Discovery of new boron-containing phase opens the door for resilient flexible electronics.

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Materials prevent battery failure by inhibiting tree-like growths.

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Scientists studying bacteria and other microbes didn’t anticipate their data would hold the key to studying viruses. But new techniques are allowing researchers from DOE's Joint Genome Institute to use this data to gain insights about viruses’ genes and their role in the environment.

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Titan supercomputer tells origin story of nanoparticle size distributions with large-scale simulations.

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Production of actinium-227 ramps up for use in a drug to fight prostate cancer that has spread to bone.

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Scientists use software to "develop" images that trace neutrinos' interactions in a bath of cold liquid argon.

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The team at the BETCy Energy Frontier Research Center is learning how electron transfer processes drive energy-intensive reactions that produce ammonia and other chemicals. Knowing how electrons move could lead to processes that let industrial reactions soar over energy barriers.

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Students from Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, won the 2019 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® (NSB) today in Washington, D.C. In the middle school competition, students from Jonas Clarke Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts, took home first place.

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Insight about energy flow in copper-based material could aid in creating efficient molecular electronics.

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Theorists show how a new quantum device could control a chemical reaction remotely, changing our understanding of how reactions can work.

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A diverse, collaborative group at the CHWM Energy Frontier Research Center provides answers about what it takes to store a highly radioactive subset of defense-related nuclear waste.

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First measurements of heat flux in plasmas experientially sheds light on models relying on classical thermal transport.

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The Fusion Recurrent Neural Network reliably forecasts disruptive and destructive events in tokamaks.

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The spin direction of protons was reversed, for the first time, using a nine-magnet device, potentially helping tease out details about protons that affect medical imaging and more.

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Each year, the DOE Office of Science writes profiles on past NSB competitors. These features include memories of their high school adventures and information on their education and career accomplishments.

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Design principles lead to a catalyst that splits water in a low pH environment, vital for generating solar fuels.

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Antiquark spin contribution to proton spin depends on flavor, which could help unlock secrets about the nuclear structure of atoms that make up nearly all visible matter in our universe.

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A precision measurement of the proton’s weak charge narrows the search for new physics.

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Physicists develop a universal mathematical description that suggests that proton-neutron pairs in a nucleus may explain why their associated quarks have lower average momenta than predicted.

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Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a total of $20 million in funding for innovative research and development in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning.

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With user facilities, researchers devise novel battery chemistries to help make fluoride batteries a reality.

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Pressure in the middle of a proton is about 10 times higher than in a neutron star.

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Storing extremely slow neutrons in a novel trap enables precise measurement of a basic property of particle physics.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy will award 86 grants totaling $95 million to 74 small businesses in 21 states.

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The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018 Solicitation 2 cycle for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

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Insights into how nature converts carbon dioxide into sugar could help scientists develop crops that produce fuels and other products.

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Scientists observe and control molecular and atomic dynamics at the fastest timescales to date.

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Scientists discovered how iron atoms continually re-arrange on surfaces, offering insights into metal corrosion and soil remediation.

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Detailed 3D images show how nanoparticles change in reactions that purify contaminated water or power recyclable geochemical batteries.

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Each year, the DOE Office of Science writes profiles on past NSB competitors. These features include memories of their high school adventures and information on their education and career accomplishments

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Researchers offer insights into how a key piece of photosynthetic machinery changed over 3 billion years.

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Inspired by the Space Needle as a child, David Hill used his education in physics to pursue fusion research. Now, he’s the director of DIII-D at General Atomics, the largest magnetic fusion experiment in the U.S.

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Each year, the DOE Office of Science writes profiles on past NSB competitors. These features include memories of their high school adventures and information on their education and career accomplishments.

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The diverse team at the WastePD Energy Frontier Research Center is learning the secrets of storage materials to contain Cold War leftovers.

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Researchers demystify how the nitrogenase enzyme breaks bonds to learn a better way to make ammonia.

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The symmetrical light-gathering, energy-producing complex offers insights into how modern photosystems evolved.

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Even a single species of bacteria can positively affect soils and plants, improving and even enabling agriculture in semi-arid areas.

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An unassuming pulse of light illuminates a possible way to separate a troubling element, americium, from a soup of similar elements. The diverse team at the Center for Actinide Science & Technology Energy Frontier Research Center is finding fast, efficient, safe ways to separate compounds.

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As the director of the ARM user facility, Mather and his facility make it possible to gather never-before-seen atmospheric data at sites around the world.

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First-of-a-kind study advances understanding of microbial and viral communities involved in biomass breakdown.

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An atomic view of how toxic uranium binds to iron minerals in the environment enables better predictions of its behavior.

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Scientists reveal the importance of an amino acid that supplies energy and protection for microbial communities deep underground.

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Three types of water molecules form around a platinum-based ion, offering insights for waste processing and metal refining.

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An intense, diverse group at the IDREAM Energy Frontier Research Center is providing answers around aluminum and other troublemakers in waste from Cold War-era nuclear arsenal production.

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Scientists show metabolic tradeoffs result from a specific change to the grow-defend balance.