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.
May 30, 2023
Tunable Bonds: A Step Towards Targeted At-211 Cancer Therapy
Scientists can tune the strength of astatine-211 bonds with chemicals called ketones, laying the groundwork for a new class of radiopharmaceuticals.
May 26, 2023
Precision Nuclear Physics in Indium-115 Beta Decay Spectrum using Cryogenic Detectors
Scientists test nuclear theory models in mid-sized nuclei using high resolution Indium-115 decay data.
May 25, 2023
New Strategy Can Harvest Chemical Information on Rare Isotopes with a Fraction of the Material
A newly proposed approach aids chemical studies of rare, toxic, radioactive, and precious isotopes by requiring 1,000 times less material.
May 22, 2023
A Simple Solution for Nuclear Matter in Two Dimensions
Modeling nuclear matter in two dimensions greatly simplifies understanding interactions among “cold,” dense quarks—including in neutron stars.
May 19, 2023
New Insights on the Interplay of Electromagnetism and the Weak Nuclear Force
Theorists find new electromagnetic effects that shift the spin-dependent coupling of the nucleon to the weak force and point out the implications for new physics in beta decay.
May 17, 2023
Machine Learning-Based Protein Annotation Tool Predicts Protein Function
Snekmer allows scientists to use rapid prototyping to better understand the function of proteins in microbes.
May 15, 2023
A Holographic View into Quantum Anomalies
New calculations provide insights into the dynamics of the chiral magnetic effect in heavy ion collisions.
May 12, 2023
Small Fusion Experiment Hits Temperatures Hotter than the Sun’s Core
National laboratory researchers partner with a private company to achieve 100-million-degree temperatures inside a high magnetic field spherical tokamak.
May 10, 2023
Detecting Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors with Water
The SNO+ experiment has for the first time shown that neutrinos from a nuclear reactor over 240 km away can be detected with plain water.
May 8, 2023
Viruses Could Reshuffle the Carbon Cycle in a Warming World
Viruses may have unanticipated consequences for ecosystem responses to climate change