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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.

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Research offers details on the chemistry of trihydrogen ion.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $30 million for experimental research on magnetic fusion energy science at international fusion facilities known as tokamaks.

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A childhood love of microbiology led to a 20-year career in industry. Now, Nigel Mouncey is the director of the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, where he helps scientists dig into a diverse array of genetic information.

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Elegant theory shows how water helps separate ions involved in material synthesis and manufacturing.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its FY 2019 Phase II Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with approximately $100 million in available funding.

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Review highlights insights into coherence, which could help overcome roadblocks in next-generation energy systems.

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A pioneering study offers an easier approach to study how microbes work and could help scientists advance models of the cycling of elements and nutrients in frequently flooded soils.

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Exploiting a strain-engineering approach could provide nanoscale light sources with a nonfluctuating emission wavelength for use in sensors, quantum communication, and imaging.

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Scientists develop a molecular map of metabolic products of bacteria in root nodules to aid sustainable agriculture.

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New technique enables more efficient and precise estimates of trends in ozone and other atmospheric constituents within selected geographical regions and timeframes.

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Global data set shows monthly water use by irrigation, manufacturing, and other uses, helping researchers to analyze water use by region and season.

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Recovery of more than 1500 microbial genomes shines light on how carbon is metabolized as permafrost thaws.

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Researchers link root water uptake to root traits and assess (poor) performance of common models.

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Ions at the edge of water, exposed to air, don’t separate like they do when surrounded by water, offering insights for desalination and corrosion.

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Predictions of the direct impacts of greenhouse gases must account for local temperature and humidity conditions.

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Researchers find gusty winds increase surface evaporation that drives summer rainstorms in the Tropical West Pacific.

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Research offers evidence that microbes and organic matter raise toxin levels, potentially helping improve mercury monitoring.

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Nutrients increasingly moving to the deep ocean with strong climate warming could lead to drastic drops in surface ocean life and fishery yields.

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New method produces high-purity zirconium-89, a diagnostic radionuclide used to image cancerous tumors.

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Scientists tame damaging edge instabilities in steady-state conditions required in a fusion reactor.

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A novel experimental geometry at the Linac Coherent Light Source reveals, for the first time, how silicon responds to shocks similar to those in a planet’s core.

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Yes. Such condensates, analogous to those in carbon-12, in heavier nuclei could change how we describe certain elements.

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Spectroscopic measurements reveal that main ions flow much faster than impurities at the edge of fusion-relevant plasmas.

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The two most abundant elements in the universe, hydrogen and helium, were previously thought to be impossible to measure by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

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Surprisingly, a magnetic island does not necessarily perturb the plasma current in a dangerous way and destroy fusion performance.

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The 3.7-billion-year-old structures were considered the first evidence for life on the planet; new evidence suggests differently.

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Scientists discover why solar flares produce X-rays; a few electrons avoid collisions and accelerate to produce a microsecond burst.

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Scientists use implanted silicon ions and electricity to increase the spin time of quantum bits, moving closer to the tech needed for quantum networks.

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Optimized oxides made from common metals use less energy and show the potential of new design approach.

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Particle crowding interferes with moving energy efficiently along promising molecular chains.