DOE Newswire Report News
DOE Announces Winners of 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Competition
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC).
DOE Announces $187 Million to Ensure Widespread And Accelerated Electrification of America’s Transportation Sector
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new $99.5 million funding opportunity in addition to the selection of 45 projects totaling $87 million to advance production of next-generation electric vehicle (EV) technologies, train the future electrified transportation workforce, and ensure the equitable deployment of clean mobility options in disadvantaged communities.
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $51 Million in America's Electric Vehicle Charging Network
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced a $51 million Ride and Drive Electric funding opportunity through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to accelerate the electrification of the nation's transportation sector and spur private sector investments in clean transportation.
DOE Selects Arizona State University to Lead New Institute to Drive Industrial Decarbonization through Electrification of Process Heat
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of Arizona State University to lead the seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Winners of the 2023 Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 2023 Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC).
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $26 Million to Support a Modern, Reliable, and Resilient American Clean Energy Grid
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $26 million for eight selected projects to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid.
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Nearly $600 Million to Modernize and Advance Water Power Across America
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $600 million to modernize hydroelectric power and advance marine energy throughout America.
DOE Announces $7.75 Million Investment in HBCUs to Support STEM Workforce
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Clean Energy Education Prize, a competition that will help HBCU institutions develop programming to strengthen the participation of K-12 and community college students in science, technology, engineering, and technology (STEM) fields.
Quantum entanglement could make accelerometers and dark matter detectors more precise
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The “spooky action at a distance” that once unnerved Einstein may be on its way to being as pedestrian as the gyroscopes that currently measure acceleration in smartphones.
CCRC to receive $14M from DOE in renewal of bioenergy center
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
The Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), a multi-institutional initiative based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and co-led by University of Georgia researchers, has been renewed by the U.S. Department of Energy as one of four bioenergy research centers across the nation that advance robust, economical production of plant-based fuels and chemicals.
Frib Project Receives Doe-sc Office Of Project Assessment Award For 2022
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
The FRIB Project received the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Office of Project Assessment Award for 2022 on 11 April 2023 in Washington, DC.
Vanderbilt grad student awarded extended DOE residency to advance scholarship in transport of subatomic materials
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Nicole Moehring, a fifth-year graduate student in interdisciplinary materials science, has been selected for an extended residency to continue her doctoral research at the Savannah River National Laboratory.
Probing Lithium Ions Near a Solid’s Surface Reveals Clues to Boost Solid-State Battery Performance
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
An international team of researchers, including nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, has uncovered nanoscale changes inside solid-state batteries that could offer new insights into improving battery performance.
A physicist’s journey to the ‘critical point’ and the ‘strong force’
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Yale physicist Helen Caines has arrived at a key juncture in her long campaign to understand the “critical point” and the “strong force” of nuclear matter.
Technology Ventures Inventor Spotlight: Xiangbo "Henry" Meng
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Xiangbo "Henry" Meng's research focuses on synthesis of new inorganic, organic and hybrid nanomaterials in precisely controllable modes at the atomic and molecular level, and development of high-performance energy-storage battery systems.
Newly Observed Effect Makes Atoms Transparent to Certain Frequencies of Light
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
A newly discovered phenomenon dubbed "collectively induced transparency" (CIT) causes groups of atoms to abruptly stop reflecting light at specific frequencies.
Chemists tackle the tough challenge of recycling mixed plastics
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Plastics are everywhere in our daily lives, but not all plastics are created equal – far from it.
Husker duo part of national push for improved biofuels
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Lincoln research that aims to transform sorghum into a sustainable feedstock for the bioeconomy is receiving renewed support from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Innovation at Work: Nearly four decades of study filling 46 lab notebooks – all for better batteries
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Steve Martin has seven plaques hanging above his office windows, each commemorating an invention or co-invention, each showing off the front page of an official U.S. patent.
Class of 2023: Sierra Tutwiler puts her energy into energy
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Sierra Tutwiler always knew she wanted to attend college. But she also knew that getting there wasn’t going to be easy. Her mom worked 60 hours a week in retail just to keep them afloat.