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Investigators in these programs are working to understand how living organisms interact with and respond to their environments. This research will help tackle challenges focused on the DOE mission including how biological processes can produce clean energy, remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and assist in environmental cleanup.
LATEST BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES NEWS
Study investigates assumptions about colonoscopy accuracy
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
X-rays help scientists uncover new forms of material using designer DNA
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Story tips: Beneath the skin, crustacean-inspired cotton, automating clean water, samples in space and capturing furnace emissions
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Three Argonne projects awarded for novel clean energy technology
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Beset in mucus, Coronavirus particles likely travel farther than once thought
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Economic development honor among ORNL’s 5 federal laboratory awards
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Story tips: DNA in a drop, printing in the wind, drier air, revealing hidden biology and calculating better batteries
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Screening study IDs inhibitor of key COVID virus enzyme
DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
New funding enables enhanced tracking of COVID variants in wastewater
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
New technique tunes into graphene nanoribbons’ electronic potential
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
New device advances commercial viability of solar fuels
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Global warming, not just drought, drives bark beetles to kill more ponderosa pines
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory