Science Highlights

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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.

Archive of past publication highlights.

Composite image of a white dwarf star inside a tiny, gold canister (hohlraum) at the National Ignition Facility. Compression of the material inside the target was measured by time-resolved X-ray radiography.
Experiments reveal relationship between density of matter & extreme pressure in stellar objects, putting constraints on models of white dwarf stars.