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12.10.12PRESS RELEASE
Dr. Brian Kobilka, a co-laureate in Chemistry, used Argonne Lab’s Advanced Photon Source for his groundbreaking work in G-protein-coupled receptors.
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12.05.12PRESS RELEASE
Science.gov, known for its groundbreaking search and retrieval of government science information, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.
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12.04.12Announcement
The Office of Science is now accepting nominations for the 2013 E. O. Lawrence Award.
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12.04.12Announcement
The Office of Science is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Enrico Fermi Award.
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11.29.12FROM THE LABS
An international group of scientists working at the Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has mapped a weak spot in the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, pinpointing a promising new target for treating a disease that kills tens of thousands of people each year.
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11.28.12FROM THE LABS
Breaking new ground for scientific computing, two teams of Department of Energy (DOE) scientists have for the first time exceeded a sustained performance level of 10 petaflops (quadrillion floating point operations per second) on the Sequoia supercomputer at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
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11.27.12FROM THE LABS
By tweaking the formula for growing oxide thin films, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved virtual perfection at the interface of two insulator materials.
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11.26.12FROM THE LABS
Five scientists spent a Friday night on stage competing to see who could best convey the fun of particle physics.
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11.20.12FROM THE LABS
Neutrinos are elusive particles that are difficult to study, yet they may help explain some of the biggest mysteries of our universe. Using accelerators to make neutrino beams, scientists are unveiling the neutrinos’ secrets.
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11.14.12FROM THE LABS
Researchers using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have found a way to strip most of the electrons from xenon atoms, creating a “supercharged,” strongly positive state at energies previously thought too low.
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