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 28, 2021
Burning the Forest, Not Just the Trees
Fires increase the number of fungi when aspen groves regenerate.
April 27, 2021
Advancing Understanding of Heavy Elements at the Edge of the Periodic Table
State-of-the-art techniques expand scientists’ fundamental understanding of heavy element 99, Einsteinium.
April 22, 2021
Watching the Evolution of Nanostructures in Thin Films
Scientists discover a high-resolution X-ray fluorescence probe to measure nanostructures in thin films.
April 21, 2021
Bringing the Power of Chemical Fuels to Artificial Building Blocks
Chemical fuel assembles molecules with multiple unstable bonds.
April 20, 2021
Green Algae Express Genes More Like Bacteria than Previously Thought
Transcription of adjacent genes into a single RNA molecule is widespread in green algae, challenging understanding of gene expression in eukaryotes.
April 16, 2021
Finding Gene Neighbors Leads to New Protein Functions
Conserved genomic neighborhoods provide a new discovery tool for understanding gene function in eukaryotes.
April 15, 2021
New Approach Helps Determine How Much Microbial Community Composition Is Driven by Selection and How Much by Chance
A novel computational framework allows researchers to quantify the relative importance of different ecological processes in the composition of microbiomes.
April 14, 2021
For Better Predictions, Researchers Evaluate Tropical Cyclone Simulation in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model
New analysis assesses the realism and biases of tropical cyclones at various resolutions in E3SM
April 13, 2021
Understanding the Source of Extremely Small Particles above the Amazon
Natural emissions from living organisms drive new-particle formation in the atmosphere over the Amazon.
April 9, 2021
Compound Communicates More than Expected in Microbes
A unique symbiotic signal is more common among microbes than previously believed and causes unexpected behaviors in pathogenic fungi.