
Nuh Gedik studies the behavior of topological insulators - materials that behave as insulators within but let electrons flow on the surface.

Through its 5G Initiative, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is funding projects at the DOE national laboratories to demonstrate how advanced wireless will benefit fundamental science research.
Water in between the layers of birnessite makes capacitive behavior possible without causing significant structural change.
Oak Ridge’s Summit supercomputer simulates a shape-shifting protein that’s a key part of life’s machinery.

At North Carolina State University, associate professor James Kneller studies neutrinos emitted from exploding stars.
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship celebrates 30 years of cultivating leaders and innovators.

Michael Arnold found new approaches to making graphene nanostructures with smooth edges that will enable next-gen energy and electronics applications.
Researchers find that plants nearly follow an “equal pay for equal work” rule when giving resources to partner microbes.
Magnetism is pointing the way to liquid, morphing robotics and other fluid technologies that can do what their solid, static counterparts cannot.

Senior research scientist Zeke Unterberg studies ways to optimize the operation and materials for future nuclear fusion reactors.