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A researcher in a lab crouched below a silver and gold quantum computer. They are making adjustments to the bottom edge. A scientist in a cleanroom suit, gloves, and safety glasses carefully examines a vacuum chamber, with their reflection visible in a round glass window. A connection map of the Energy Sciences Network. Example of automated high-resolution imaging of core-shell nanoparticles From left to right: Nigel Mouncey and Phillip Messersmith A colorful schematic of an exciton surfing on a red and blue wave graph. A yellow and blue isometric view of molecules is below. A white structure with a domed top on a rocky outcrop below a star-filled night sky. The Milky Way stretches vertically in a luminous band. Faint green glow tints the curved horizon. A long-exposure image captures circular star trails above telescope domes illuminated in red light on a dark mountain. A golden glow on the horizon marks distant city lights. The purple/blue solution contains crystals of the berkelocene “sandwich.” Silica nanoparticles affixed with a distribution of polystyrene chains (purple) self-assemble into hexagonal lattices. Depending on how the chains are organized on the particle surface, they tangle together (purple) or unravel (blue) when compressed. Two researchers stand in a laboratory, with one holding the TESSERACT detector with gloved hands. Dozens of droplets clustered together