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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.

This schematic drawing shows the apparatus, with the cryogenic ion trap shown in the inset, used to predict the behavior of ions more accurately.
New approach to studying ions accurately predicts behavior, providing insights for biological systems, environmental processes, materials development.
Poplar cuttings inoculated with M. elongata strain PM193 (far right) grow larger in 30 percent forest soil / 70 percent sand than without PM193 (middle). On the left are controls grown in sterile sand. (Chih-Ming Hsu).
Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.
On the left, a computer model depicts a self-assembled tetrahelix made up of tetrahedral quantum dots. On the right, a skeleton view of the tetrahelix demonstrates the chiral structure of the assembly.
Scientists image complex superstructures self-assembled from tetrahedral quantum dots, expanding our understanding of forming small, complex crystals.