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April 3, 2017For the run-up to the 2017 National Science Bowl® Finals April 27 to May 1, this is the second in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.Office of Science
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March 29, 2017Understanding a fundamental aspect of a fundamental particle.Office of Science
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March 13, 2017Using the supercomputer Titan at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists performed first-principles computations of the structure of 78Nuclear Physics
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March 13, 2017Experimental results from RHIC and the LHC suggest that protons are much more complex than a simple arrangement of three quarks held together byNuclear Physics
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March 1, 2017When an electron, which is negatively charged, travels through the atomic lattice, just like the attraction between opposite ends of a magnet, theBasic Energy Sciences
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March 1, 2017From the turn of the last century to today, scientists have explored why superconductors never lose current.Office of Science
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February 1, 2017The distribution of indium and thallium between the aqueous and organic phases is the key to understanding the separation of these elements. AnNuclear Physics
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February 1, 2017The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino mass (KATRIN) project can measure neutrino mass by a very careful determination of the electron spectrum emitted byNuclear Physics
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BulletinFebruary 1, 2017The transition state is where reactants become products in a chemical reaction. Defined as the highest energy point on the minimum energy pathBasic Energy Sciences
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BulletinFebruary 1, 2017New capabilities at x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,Basic Energy Sciences