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.
September 23, 2022
Unveiling the Existence of the Elusive Tetraneutron
Experiments confirm the NUCLEI collaboration’s predictions of the existence of the tetraneutron.
September 21, 2022
Smashing Heavy Nuclei Reveals Proton Size
Theoretical study exploits precision of new heavy ion collision data to predict how gluons are distributed inside protons and neutrons
September 19, 2022
Deep Matters: Microbes’ Sensitivity to Environmental Change Depends on Soil Depth
Research finds that the effects of drought and wildfire on soil bacterial communities fade in deeper soils.
September 16, 2022
The Building Blocks for Exploring New Exotic States of Matter
Combining synthesis, characterization, and theory confirmed the exotic properties and structure of a new intrinsic ferromagnetic topological material.
September 14, 2022
Record-Breaking Radiation Detection Pins Down Element Formation in Stellar Novae
A weak proton emission following beta decay constrains the formation of elements in stellar nova explosions and determines their peak temperature.
September 12, 2022
Breakthrough Reported in Machine Learning-Enhanced Quantum Chemistry
Scientists develop a new learning method that incorporates quantum chemistry descriptions with conventional machine learning to predict the properties of biochemical molecules.
September 8, 2022
Innovative FRIB Liquid-Lithium Charge Stripper Boosts Accelerator Performance
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams has demonstrated an innovative liquid-lithium charge stripper to accelerate unprecedentedly high-power heavy-ion beams.
September 6, 2022
Nuclear Cauldrons: Studying Star Burning with Radioactive and Neutron Beams
Using Earth-based particle accelerators, scientists measure the reactions that take place in stars to produce carbon.
September 1, 2022
Uncovering the Atomic Mechanism Underpinning Heat Transport in Thermoelectric Materials
Neutrons reveal remarkable atomic behavior in thermoelectric materials for more efficient conversion of heat into electricity.
August 30, 2022
Tracking Jets in Hot Quark Soup Reveals a Mechanism of ‘Quenching’
The results may offer insight into the quark-gluon plasma—the hot mix of fundamental nuclear-matter building blocks that filled the early universe.