Science Highlights

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.

Archive of past publication highlights.

Electron micrograph of the microorganism Methanococcus voltae grown with pyrite. The pyrite grains are attached to coccoid cells that have extracellular appendages that connect the cells to each other. Scale bar is 200 nanometers.
Understanding how methanogenic bacteria can “bio-mine” minerals advances biotechnology and helps scientists understand the Earth’s geological history.