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.

November 22, 2023

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Opening the Door to a Next-Generation Information Processing Platform

New gate design leads to fast coherent control of novel electromagnonics devices.

November 20, 2023

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Scientists Report Direct Observation of the Dead-Cone Effect in Quantum Chromodynamics

Novel techniques allow the first direct observation of a predicted effect that results in the suppression of gluon radiation emitted by a heavy quark.

November 17, 2023

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To Study Radioactive Neptunium and Plutonium, Researchers Establish a Novel Chemistry

Ligand design and electrochemical studies pave a new path toward stable high-valent mid-actinide complexes.

November 15, 2023

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Engineers Develop a New Detector System for Quantum Computing

A new system for detecting photons in laser-powered quantum computers brings these systems closer to reality.

November 13, 2023

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Better Together: New 2D X-ray Multilayer Lens Overcomes Alignment Challenge

This new Laue lens system received a 2022 Microscopy Today Innovation Award.

November 9, 2023

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Probing the Intricate Structures of 2D Materials at the Nanoscale

A new microscopy technique measures atomic-level distortions, twist angles, and interlayer spacing in graphene.

November 8, 2023

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To Study Competition and Cross-Feeding, Scientists Build Synthetic Microbiomes

Modeling microbial interactions in synthetic communities offers insights into environmental processes.

November 6, 2023

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Researchers Use a Novel Approach to Design a COVID-19 Antiviral Drug

Solving atomic structure and binding for improved antiviral drugs.

November 3, 2023

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Advanced Computing Brings Autonomous Investigations to Nanostructured Surfaces

Machine learning and artificial intelligence accelerate nanomaterials investigations.

November 1, 2023

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Imaging Shows How Inorganic-Microbe Hybrids Use Light to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Bioplastic

Scientists develop a multimodal imaging approach to study microbe–semiconductor biohybrids at the single-cell to single-molecule level.