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 6, 2023
Capturing the Chemistry of Radium-223 for Cancer Treatment
Understanding radium’s chemistry increases the likelihood of using it for targeted alpha therapy in soft tissue.
September 5, 2023
X-ray Spectral Microscopy Reveals The Active Edges of a Water-Splitting Material
X-rays penetrate a working electrode to determine the structure and chemistry in play when water enters the electrochemically active layers.
September 1, 2023
Scientists Make the First Observation of a Nucleus Decaying into Four Particles After Beta Decay
For the first time, scientists observe a new and rare decay mode where oxygen-13 breaks into three helium nuclei and a proton following beta decay.
August 30, 2023
Researchers Test Quantum Theory with Precision-Engineered Thin Films
Scientists can now verify theoretical predictions using one-dimensional compositions grown in-situ at a synchrotron spectroscopy station.
August 28, 2023
Transforming Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment with Cerium/Lanthanum-134
Researchers advance the use of cerium/lanthanum-134 for medical scans in actinium-225 cancer therapy.
August 25, 2023
Calculations Predict Surprising Quark Diffusion in Hot Nuclear Matter
New calculations suggest that high energy quarks should scatter wider and faster in hot quark matter than can be accounted for by local interactions.
August 23, 2023
AtomAI Brings Deep Learning to Microscopy Data Analysis Software
Package provides end-to-end analysis of microscopy images for accelerated materials research.
August 21, 2023
New Insights into How Strange Matter Interacts with Ordinary Matter
First measurements of how hypernuclei flow from particle collisions may give insight into the strange matter makeup and properties of neutron stars.
August 18, 2023
In Preparation for DUNE, Scientists Examine Modern Nuclear Theory for Neutrino Oscillation Physics
Modern nuclear theory predicts that nucleons appear less “squishy” when probed with neutrinos than was previously inferred from experimental data.
August 16, 2023
Quantifying Qudits: New Measurements Provide a Glimpse of the Quantum Future
Scientists successfully measure high-dimensional qudits, cousins to quantum computing qubits.