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A MAGIC Approach to Understanding the Genetic Basis of Complex Biological Functions

DOE/US Department of Energy

Researchers use metabolic engineering to improve how microbes produce bioproducts such as biofuel. Typically, scientists modify one or a few genes to understand how they affect bioproduct production. However, some traits are controlled by many genes, and the process of identifying all the genes involved in complex traits is difficult and time consuming. A new system allows researchers to identify multiple genes in yeast that control complex traits, improving their ability to engineer organisms.

Cooling Electronics of the Future

DOE/US Department of Energy

Scientists have developed a new approach to cooling materials using a calorimetric scanning probe. The experiment used a very small calorimeter and a simple LED to cool solid-state materials. By running the electrical current in the LED in the opposite direction than it normally moves, the scientists could suppress the amount of heat the material gave off as photons moved from the material to the LED.

Flooding the Sky: Navigating the Science of Atmospheric Rivers

DOE/US Department of Energy

Probing observations, satellite data, and climate models, scientists supported by the DOE's Office of Science are exploring atmospheric rivers' role in the water and climate cycles. But navigating through the data proved to be trickier than the scientists expected.

John Kitchin: Then and Now

DOE/US Department of Energy

John Kitchin is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

DOE tackling the challenge of coronavirus

DOE/US Department of Energy

The Department of Energy has a vital role to play in the national response to COVID-19. Researchers have already used tools at national laboratories to make major inroads to analyzing the virus and its spread.

Stargazing with Computers

DOE/US Department of Energy

Astrophysicists supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Science are developing these guides in the form of computer models that rely on machine learning to examine the LSST data.

Stanislav Boldyrev: Then and Now

DOE/US Department of Energy

Stanislav Boldyrev is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Arthi Jayaraman: Then and now

DOE/US Department of Energy

Arthi Jayaraman is a full professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Material Sciences and Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware.

Creating the heart of a quantum computer: developing qubits

DOE/US Department of Energy

To use quantum computers on a large scale, we need to improve the technology at their heart -- qubits. Qubits are the quantum version of conventional computers' most basic form of information, bits. The DOE's Office of Science is supporting research into developing the ingredients and recipes to build these challenging qubits.

Creating the heart of a quantum computer

DOE/US Department of Energy

Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems that conventional computers can't. To use quantum computers on a large scale, we need to improve the technology in qubits. The DOE's Office of Science is supporting research into developing the ingredients and recipes to build these challenging qubits.