Category: DOE Science News

Researchers combined crystallographic data and computational studies to investigate plutonium-ligand bonding within a hybrid material construct.

Suppression of a telltale sign of quark-gluon interactions indicates gluon recombination in dense walls of gluons.

Quantum interference between dissimilar particles offers new approach for mapping gluons in nuclei, and potentially harnessing entanglement.

The MINERvA experiment in the NuMI beam at Fermilab has made the first accurate image of the proton using neutrinos instead of light as the probe.

Physicists show that black holes and dense state of gluons—the “glue” particles that hold nuclear matter together—share common features.

Plasma simulations, theory, and comparison with experiment show that resistive wall tearing mode can cause energy loss in tokamaks.

Experiment shows that even large, old, and presumably stable stores of soil carbon are vulnerable to warming and could amplify climate change.

Understanding how methanogenic bacteria can “bio-mine” minerals advances biotechnology and helps scientists understand the Earth’s geological history.

Theorists’ hydrodynamic flow calculations accurately describe data from collisions of photons with lead nuclei at the ATLAS experiment.

The mixed metal waste common to industrial dumping sites causes metabolic stress in bacterial iron metabolism that cannot be explained by additive single metal exposure.

Interfaces made by stacking certain complex oxide materials can tune the quantum interactions between electrons, yielding exotic spin textures.

Powerful statistical tools, simulations, and supercomputers explore a billion different nuclear forces and predict properties of the very-heavy lead-208 nucleus.

Patterned arrays of nanomagnets produce X-ray beams with a switchable rotating wavefront twist.

In conflict with a long-held explanation of cadmium isotope motion, a new experiment found that cadmium-106 may rotate instead of vibrate.

Researchers detect an exotic electron phase called Wigner crystal in tungsten diselenide/tungsten disulfide moiré superlattices.

As machine learning tools gain momentum, a review of machine learning projects reveals these tools are already in use throughout nuclear physics.

Nuclear physicists test whether next generation artificial intelligence and machine learning tools can process experimental data in real time.

New results could significantly improve resonance ionization mass spectrometry ultra-trace analysis of plutonium isotopes.

Particles choose partners for short-range correlations differently when farther apart in light nuclei versus when packed closer together in heavy nuclei.

Researchers use CRISPR to engineer a bacteriophage to deliver DNA into targeted members of microbial communities for precise genome editing.

The results of parity-violating electron scattering experiments PREX and CREX suggest a disagreement with global nuclear models.

Roughening of fusion reactor wall surfaces over time may significantly reduce erosion rate predictions

Scientists analyzed detonation formation in hydrogen/methane air mixtures, quantifying the effect of non-thermal reactions on the mechanism of detonation.

New article describes how to extract and analyze genomes from microbiomes using the Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase

New improvements to an open-source platform streamline enzyme engineering.

Even microbes that can’t break down a plentiful food source can still be successful by interacting with fellow community members.

A novel experiment sheds new light on a possible mechanism that may seed magnetic fields for the galactic dynamo.

Scientists used tokamak plasmas to study how heat shield materials protect spacecraft in the extreme conditions of atmospheric entry.

Scientists introduce a bacterial enzyme into bioenergy poplars to increase the amount of a valuable platform chemical.

A molecular catalyst integrated with a carbon nitride semiconductor harvests sunlight to rapidly and selectively convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide.

A theoretical analysis of recent findings in neutron star research suggests the possibility of a phase transition in these stars’ interiors.

New measurements show the proton’s electromagnetic structure deviates from theoretical predictions.

Deblurring, practiced in optics, can reveal three-dimensional features of nuclear collisions.

Three common solvents for pretreating switchgrass yield lignin extracts with the potential for making different valuable bioproducts.

Using a novel combination of advanced research techniques, scientists show how the roots of various tropical plants react to harsh conditions.

Colliding gold nuclei at various energies enables scientists to investigate phases of nuclear matter and their possible co-existence at a critical point.

Researchers develop the first 2D telecommunication-compatible quantum light source, smoothing the path toward a quantum internet.

Warming stimulates methanogenesis fueled by the release of plant metabolites.

A first-of-its-kind measurement of the rare calcium-48 nucleus found a neutron-rich “thin skin” around a core of more evenly distributed protons and neutrons.

Scientists investigate virus-host interactions at sub-freezing temperatures in Arctic peat soil.

Nuclear physicists find that the internal structures of protons and neutrons may be altered in different ways inside nuclei.

Historical precipitation influences soil viruses and their functional potential in grassland soils.

Predictions for future measurements at the Electron-Ion Collider may help solve ‘proton spin’ mystery.

Soil moisture influences the activity of soil DNA viruses and the composition and abundance of RNA viruses.