Each year, scientists with the Office of Science, at our national laboratories, and supported by the Office of Science at the nation’s colleges and universities, publish thousands of research findings in the scientific literature. About 200 of these are selected annually by their respective program areas in the Office of Science as publication highlights of special note.
For the archive of past publication highlights, click here.
June 7, 2023
Scientists Develop Inorganic Resins for Generating and Purifying Radium and Actinium
Research advances the chemistry and improves the purity of isotopes for targeted alpha therapy used in the treatment of cancers.
June 5, 2023
A Low-Energy ‘Off Switch’ for Quark-Gluon Plasma
Data on protons emitted from wide range of gold-gold collision energies shows absence of a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at the lowest energy.
June 1, 2023
Resolving a Mathematical Puzzle in Quarks and Gluons in Nuclear Matter
Researchers have resolved a longstanding puzzle in theoretical calculations for heavy ion and electron-ion collision experiments.
May 30, 2023
Tunable Bonds: A Step Towards Targeted At-211 Cancer Therapy
Scientists can tune the strength of astatine-211 bonds with chemicals called ketones, laying the groundwork for a new class of radiopharmaceuticals.
May 26, 2023
Precision Nuclear Physics in Indium-115 Beta Decay Spectrum using Cryogenic Detectors
Scientists test nuclear theory models in mid-sized nuclei using high resolution Indium-115 decay data.
May 25, 2023
New Strategy Can Harvest Chemical Information on Rare Isotopes with a Fraction of the Material
A newly proposed approach aids chemical studies of rare, toxic, radioactive, and precious isotopes by requiring 1,000 times less material.
May 22, 2023
A Simple Solution for Nuclear Matter in Two Dimensions
Modeling nuclear matter in two dimensions greatly simplifies understanding interactions among “cold,” dense quarks—including in neutron stars.
May 19, 2023
New Insights on the Interplay of Electromagnetism and the Weak Nuclear Force
Theorists find new electromagnetic effects that shift the spin-dependent coupling of the nucleon to the weak force and point out the implications for new physics in beta decay.
May 17, 2023
Machine Learning-Based Protein Annotation Tool Predicts Protein Function
Snekmer allows scientists to use rapid prototyping to better understand the function of proteins in microbes.
May 15, 2023
A Holographic View into Quantum Anomalies
New calculations provide insights into the dynamics of the chiral magnetic effect in heavy ion collisions.