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Dan Kasen is a physicist in Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division focusing on theoretical and computational astrophysics.

The award recognizes his seminal and creative contributions in fundamental laser–matter interaction physics and laser-driven plasma accelerators.

Walton was honored for her interdisciplinary and pioneering research of porous material stability, advancing separation science.

The U.S. Department of Energy will award the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award to M. Zahid Hasan, Princeton’s Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics.

Researchers have created a new technique for magnetization switching that is nearly 100 times faster than state-of-the-art spintronic devices.

Researchers have designed a new structure that leverages a little-studied class of materials called antiperovskites to manipulate spin states.

Vahle is the most recent member of the William & Mary Department of Physics to be named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

­An international research team has sequenced the full genome of an ornamental variety of miscanthus.

DOE has committed $18 million to continue LaserNetUS, a high-power laser consortium that includes the Extreme Light Laboratory.

The LaserNetUS initiative includes the most powerful lasers in the US and Canada, some of which have powers approaching or exceeding a petawatt.

A Rutgers-led team will study algae from hot springs worldwide, including in Yellowstone National Park.

Professor Chuji Wang’s proposal, “Optical trapping and manipulation of single particles for MDP,” received a 24-month, $214,000 grant.

Researchers demonstrate a new high-throughput method for discovering magnetic topology.

Trevor Keen and Kavish Imam are part of the most recent cohort of 52 graduate students across the country to win the award.

A new research team at KU will exploit the unique opportunities to research physics at high energies available at the ALICE experiment at the LHC.

Casey Cartwright was selected as one of 52 national awardees of the DOE's Office of Science Graduate Student Research program.

University of Oregon graduate student Hazel Fargher was one of 52 applicants selected for the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

A new way to deposit thin layers of atoms as a coating onto a substrate material at near room temperatures has been invented at UAH.

Researchers led by Shengxi Huang, an assistant professor at Penn State, have altered 2D materials to enhance light emission & increase signal strength

Researchers used Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source to study membraneless compartments called complex coacervates as they underwent wet-dry cycles.

Researchers develop an efficient, low-energy method for upcycling polyethylene plastic waste into molecules that can be repurposed for further use.

Adding a small amount of cesium to the perovskite film increases the stability of the material under light and elevated temperatures.

UVA researchers were part of a team that discovered that low albumin levels may make it difficult for patients to get the benefits of dexamethasone.

MSU professor B. Alex Brown has published over 800 papers during his career, including a pivotal paper still central to nuclear physics research.

A new study shows how the ironclad beetle survives could inspire the development of new materials with the same herculean toughness.