Official account for @Energy Office of Science, the largest single supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the U.S.

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Sometimes scientific terms can be confusing. @ENERGY's "DOE Explains..." offers straightforward explanations of everything from Atmospheric Radiation to Ultrafast Science energy.gov/science/doe-expla…
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.@ENERGY announced up to $400 million for projects advancing the Office of Science's priorities! The Open Call is a way to solicit applications for research not covered by more specific Notice of Funding Opportunities. energy.gov/articles/energy-d…
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Computers have become smaller and more powerful by fitting more transistors into each circuit. But in 2019, circuits started approaching the max. Researchers @BerkeleyLab reversed that trend with a technique that prints very thin circuit patterns: energy.gov/science/articles/…
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Experienced in managing highly complex scientific projects? @ENERGY's Office of Science is hiring a federal project director for @BerkeleyLab's site office. Apply today: content.govdelivery.com/acco…
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DOE Office of Science retweeted
AI is changing what is possible in science. I asked @DOEScience’s Advisory Committee to survey the scientific landscape and assess how AI can accelerate national breakthroughs through the Genesis Mission. Their report is out now: science.osti.gov/-/media/Abo…
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What are the barriers for transitioning biological research from just being descriptive to enabling predictive biosystems design? The Office of Science's Office of Biological and Environmental Research is seeking input on the answer to this question: sam.gov/workspace/contract/o…
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Sometimes a twist is all it takes to create a new field of research. Stacking 2D materials on top of each other and twisting them slightly results in unusual electronic properties. Eva Andrei @RutgersU recently won @KavliPrize for this discovery: energy.gov/science/articles/…
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An atlas is used to understand geography, but the ATLAS DOE Office of Science User Facility @argonne is used to understand the building blocks of the world—atomic nuclei. For 40 years, this tool has provided incredible insights into nuclear structure: anl.gov/article/atlas-four-d…
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DOE Office of Science retweeted
We’re entering a new frontier in quantum computing. Today, @ENERGY announced the $215M Quantum Genesis Q Competition to accelerate the development and deployment of the world's first fault-tolerant scientifically relevant quantum computers.
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You may have heard of "chestnuts roasting on an open fire," but have you ever seen a chestnut tree? A blight killed billions of them in the early 1900s, but researchers @ORNL & @jgi are using genomics and biochemical profiling to help restore them: ornl.gov/news/ornl-plant-mic…
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“This is something we haven't seen before in nature” - Rachael Kretsch @stanford. Using tools @SLACLab, she led a team that discovered beautiful complexes of RNA that didn’t have any proteins to support them. The work is giving new insights into RNA: slac.stanford.edu/news/2025-…
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Are you an expert at managing large facilities and supporting the execution of performance-based contracts? The Office of Science is looking for a Site Office Manager for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Apply today: usajobs.gov/job/883855600
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“I love experimental science. Going into a lab and not knowing what’s going to come out of it.” - Mary Danielson @ORNL & @UTKnoxville. Searching for new ways to break down plastic, she made a sticky chemical. Now it's being developed into an adhesive: energy.gov/science/articles/…
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The @ENERGY Office of Science's facilities make our world-leading scientific research possible. Join a virtual town hall on Sept. 17 to give input on the future of these facilities: web.cvent.com/event/581984eb…
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A happy accident + curiosity = discovery, at least for Eva Andrei's team @RutgersU in 2009. They found that 2D materials stacked with a twist resulted in new properties, creating the field of "twistronics" and earning Andrei a @KavliPrize in nanoscience: energy.gov/science/articles/…
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Happy Labor Day!
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What is one of the best ways to prepare doctoral-level students for science and tech jobs through the Genesis Mission? Attend our virtual town hall on Sept. 24 to share your input on an anticipated Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship pilot: web.cvent.com/event/8313b07c…
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The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detection experiment, supported by @ENERGY's Office of Science, has recorded a single particle interaction that researchers are having difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. Dark matter has never been directly detected.
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Dark matter makes up ~85% of the universe's mass. While this result does not yet meet the statistical threshold required to claim a discovery, it's the most compelling hint reported by the experiment to date. energy.gov/science/articles/…
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