Basic Energy Sciences - Accomplishments

Overview Brochures     Workshop Reports     Accomplishments     Presentations     Archives



Basic Energy Sciences Home PageDecades of DiscoveryNobel Prizes from BES-Supported ResearchAnnual Highlights from BES Budget RequestsBlank PageArchival Collections of BES Research HighlightsBES Accomplishments Home Page
   Archives of BES Research Highlights
Archival compilations of BES research highlights and activities (FY1980 - FY1998)
Reports are in PDF format

Medical Applications of Non-Medical Research

Large JPG

This pamphlet, Medical Applications of Non-Medical Research (July 19, 1998), presents 40 medical applications derived from BES-supported research and research at BES user facilities.  The highlights are grouped according to the following four categories:  disease diagnosis, treatment, understanding, and prevention 

Medical Applications of Non-Medical Research  (0.25 MB; 25 pp)

Impacts of Basic Research

Large JPG

The pamphlet, Impacts of Basic Research, provides examples of how knowledge gained from 17 BES research areas applies to various energy technologies.  This was presented to the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Panel on Energy Research and Development on July 28, 1997.  The PCAST report (PDF, 343 pp, 4.7 MB) that followed was Federal Energy R&D for the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century (Nov. 1997).

Impacts of Basic Research  (1.0 MB; 31 pp)

BES Summary of Accomplishments, Pre-1990

Large JPG


The brochure,
Basic Energy Sciences: Summary of Accomplishments (Publication DOE/ER-0455P, May 1990), presents a series of 22 research highlights that were representative of the many noteworthy BES achievements before 1990.

Summary of Accomplishments  (9.3 MB; 64 pp)

BES 1982-1991 Summary Reports

Click for JPG

Between 1982 and 1991, the Office of Basic Energy Sciences published five Summary Reports that described the program's scope, organization, budget, research activities, facilities, accomplishments, and trends.

BES Summary Reports
Sept. 1991  |  Oct. 1990  |  Dec. 1986  |   Nov. 1984  |  Oct. 1982

BES FY 1993 Accomplishments

Large JPG

FY 1993 Accomplishments

Between FY 1980 and FY 1994, the Office of Basic Energy Sciences collected brief write-ups of the program's annual activities and highlights as a working tool to spark further communication, aid in planning and analysis, and provide a source of examples of the day-to-day accomplishments of the BES program.

BES Fiscal Year Accomplishments
FY 1994  |  FY 1993  |  FY 1992  |  FY 1991  |  FY 1989  |  FY 1988  |  FY 1987
FY 1986  |  FY 1985  |  FY 1984  |  FY 1983  |  FY 1982  |  FY 1981  |  FY 1980


Office of Basic Energy Sciences | SC-22/Germantown Building | U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW | Washington, DC 20585-1290 | 301/903-3081 | FAX: 301/903-6594
http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes | SC.BES@science.doe.gov