Getting a reaction

November 11, 2010

When Doug Kothe entered nuclear engineering school in 1983, the graduate chairman had this message: Don’t worry about a job.… Read More

Virtual ice-breaker

October 26, 2010

The ice sheets are unraveling. At the edges of Antarctica and Greenland and across the arctic, great swaths are breaking… Read More

Inside materials’ DNA

September 15, 2010

If you spend any time working on a laptop or using a smart phone, you’ve noticed that computers are lighter,… Read More

Watching the detectors

July 15, 2010

When it comes to finding and stopping the illicit movement of radioactive materials, it might seem obvious that a network… Read More

Strength in numbers

April 29, 2010

Working backward like cops at a crime scene, Karen Willcox and a team of other engineers and applied mathematicians start… Read More

Early risers

March 31, 2010

Several scientists supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) were among those who recently… Read More

Like clockwork

January 21, 2010

Timing is everything for Tal Danino and his colleagues. Using computer simulation and genetic engineering, they’re synchronizing bacteria into something… Read More

Girding the grid

December 18, 2009

In some ways, the interconnecting grids of wires, generators and transformers that power U.S. homes and businesses resemble a patchwork… Read More

Slick solution

November 3, 2009

Complexity lurks within soap bubbles. These ubiquitous lathers may perform simple jobs like washing our hair, clothes, dishes and surfaces,… Read More

Catching rays

October 14, 2009

Sometimes it takes a big machine to understand the tiniest details. Continue reading → Read More