The Office of Communications and Public Affairs (OCPA) has several vehicles to update the public on the latest scientific outcomes of projects funded with support from the Office of Science. Each year, we post more than 2000 research news items as well as an equivalent number of Twitter messages. Our most recent items are featured on our home page. Here you will find searchable archives for Featured Articles, Science Headlines, Science Highlights, and University Research News. You may also search all these datasets simultaneously in our master news archive.
Featured Articles
Do the Twist: Making Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials Using Curved Surfaces
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Scientists at Wisconsin–Madison U have discovered a way to control the growth of twisting, microscopic spirals of materials just one atom thick.
Nate McDowell: Then and Now / 2010 Early Career Award Winner
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Nate McDowell studies tree life and death during droughts, showing how vegetation death plays a major role in the global carbon cycle.
Room-Temperature Superconductor? Rochester Lab Sets New Record Toward Long-Sought Goal
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University physical scientists synthesize new superconducting material.
First-Person Science: Kawtar Hafidi on the Proton’s Structure
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The question of how the proton – one of the building blocks of the universe – is constructed drives nuclear physicist Kawtar Hafidi’s research.
Science Headlines
First Measurement of Single-Proton Interactions with the MicroBooNE Detector
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A new measurement targets a process arising from the interaction of a neutrino with an atomic nucleus, charged-current quasielastic scattering.
Urban Land and Aerosols Amplify Hazardous Weather, Steer Storms Toward Cities
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Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory explore how urban land and anthropogenic aerosols interact with and intensify thunderstorms.
Righting a Wrong, Nuclear Physicists Improve Precision of Neutrino Studies
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A new study clears up a discrepancy regarding the biggest contributor of unwanted background signals in specialized detectors of neutrinos.
Fermilab and Partners Achieve Sustained, High-Fidelity Quantum Teleportation
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The team teleported the qubits 44 kilometers over a fiber-optic network, using state-of-the-art single-photon detectors and off-the-shelf equipment.
FY 2020 Lab Report Cards
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The FY 2020 Laboratory Performance Report Card for each Office of Science national laboratory.
MIT Uses Neutrons in Drive to Improve Supercapacitors
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At ORNL, MIT researchers used neutrons to study an MOF material that could one day serve as durable supercapacitors and potentially power vehicles.
This Anti-COVID Mask Breaks the Mold
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Scientists from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit.
Under Wraps: X-Rays Reveal 1,900-Year-Old Mummy's Secrets
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Researchers used X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source to see the preserved remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without disturbing the linen wrappings.
From Graphs to Videos in a Single Summer: a SULI Intern Gets to Work
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University of California, Santa Cruz senior Lilianne Callahan spent ten weeks creating new 3-D models of convective cloud evolution.
Argonne Augments Theta supercomputer with GPUs to Accelerate Coronavirus Research
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With funding from the CARES Act, Theta has been upgraded to provide additional computing power in support of COVID-19 research.
Science Highlights
University Research News
UC Davis Physics and Astronomy Receives $7.4M DOE Grant
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December 18, 2020
The grant will support more than 70 faculty and students researching topics including the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter and quantum physics.
The Colorado River's Water Supply is Predictable Owing to Long-term Ocean Memory
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December 18, 2020
USU researchers have found that by using a climate model, the Colorado River's water supply can be predicted several years in advance.
Graduate Student to Complete Thesis Research at US Department of Energy National Lab
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December 18, 2020
Kurtis Borne, doctoral student in physics, will study at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California.
UNM Student Recognized by DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program
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December 17, 2020
Alexandre Frederick Mills is a graduate student in The University of New Mexico's Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Generating Photons for Communication in a Quantum Computing System
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December 17, 2020
A new technique provides a means of interconnection between processors, opening the way to a complete quantum computing platform.
Understanding How Algal Cells Divide When They Are Hungry
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December 17, 2020
A new study from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory delves into how algae manage cell division processes when they suffer from starvation.
Chemistry Grad Student Awarded DOE Support for Research at National Lab
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December 16, 2020
Vivien Cherrette's research project involves quantum information science for experimental condensed matter physics.
Bringing the Promise of Quantum Computing to Nuclear Physics
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December 16, 2020
The aim is to improve the efficiency and scalability of quantum simulation algorithms, for future studies of nuclei and nuclear matter.
Rebecca Rapp Selected for DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
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December 16, 2020
Rapp will further her thesis research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
York's Dynamic Duo of Physics Score $1 Million + DOE Grant
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December 15, 2020
Professors Popp and Lynch will continue their work on the Muon-to-Electron Conversion Experiment (Mu2e) currently under construction at Fermi Lab.
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