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.

April 19, 2023

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Getting Purer Berkelium, Faster than Ever

This new method individually separates heavy metals — an actinide chemist’s dream.

April 17, 2023

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Deep Learning-Drives Insights into Protein-Protein Interactions

Researchers demonstrate a real-world large-scale application of deep neural network models for discovering novel protein-protein interactions.

April 14, 2023

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Nucleons in Heavy Ion Collisions Are Half as Big as Previously Expected

Researchers perform a global analysis of lead-lead collisions, finding that agreement with the reaction rate requires a much smaller nucleus.

April 12, 2023

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First Science Results from FRIB Published

Researchers have published the results from the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, measurement of 5 new half-lives, in Physical Review Letters.

April 10, 2023

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A Day and Night Difference: Molecular Composition of Aerosols Differs from Day to Night

Researchers identify previously uncharacterized aerosols over an agricultural region in Oklahoma.

April 7, 2023

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New Findings on the Flow of Particles in Heavy Ion Collisions

Study reveals that initial state conditions set up particle flow patterns, helping zero in on key properties of matter that mimics the early universe.

April 5, 2023

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A Novel Way to Get to the Excited States of Exotic Nuclei

Scientists find a new approach to access unusual excited nuclear levels.

April 3, 2023

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Warming Strongly Increases Nutrient Availability in a Nutrient-Limited Bog

Whole-ecosystem warming at SPRUCE exponentially increased available nutrients for plants, but observed responses were not captured by the ELM-SPRUCE model.

March 29, 2023

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Particle Errors: Quantifying the Effects of Simulation Mixing State on Aerosol Optical Properties

Researchers use particle-resolved model simulations to quantify errors in simulations’ simplified optical properties.

March 27, 2023

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Exploring Bonds and Electronic Structure in Plutonium Hybrid Materials

Researchers combined crystallographic data and computational studies to investigate plutonium-ligand bonding within a hybrid material construct.