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.

February 3, 2021

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Designer Polymers Created from Peptide Bundles Promise Super-Strong Future Materials

Computational design of bundled peptide building blocks that can be precisely linked provides new ways to create customized polymers.

January 26, 2021

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Stable Nickel-64 Nuclei Take Three Distinct Shapes

Scientists track down coexistence of multiple shapes in the Nickel-64 nucleus: a spherical ground state and elongated and flattened shapes.

January 26, 2021

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Nuclear Physics from Rocks to Reactors

New measurements provide insights for geochronology and reactor design.

January 26, 2021

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Keeping it Cool while Maintaining Core Performance

Researchers address the challenge of integrating the hot core and the cooler edge of a fusion plasma.

January 19, 2021

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A Sharp New Eye to View Atoms and Molecules

A newly designed X-ray oscillator may enable atomic level precision with intense X-ray pulses.

January 19, 2021

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CUORE Experiment Advances Search for a Rare Nuclear Decay

Nuclear physicists narrow the search for a rare nuclear decay that can explain the origin of matter in the universe.

January 15, 2021

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Symbionts of Methane Eating Microbes Fix Nitrogen

Microbial populations trade places to satisfy their nitrogen nutritional needs.

January 15, 2021

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Dynamic Duos: How Particles Attach

A new quantitative understanding of how, at what distance, and in what shape zinc oxide nanoparticles come together while separated by liquid.

August 11, 2020

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“Multitasking” AI Tool Extracts Cancer Data in Record Time

“Multitasking” AI Tool Extracts Cancer Data in Record Time

January 30, 2020

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Breaking Through Computational Barriers to Create Designer Proteins

Using advanced computing, scientists designed protein pairs that perfectly complement each other.