DOE Newswire Report News
Quantum Science Center members teach, learn at third summer school
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
For the third year in a row, the Quantum Science Center held its signature workforce development event: a comprehensive summer school for students and early-career scientists designed to facilitate conversations and hands-on activities related to multiple areas of quantum research.
The US and UK team up to advance quantum information science
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The United States and United Kingdom are sharing expertise and capabilities in the blossoming field of quantum information science across the pond.
Direct air capture technology licensed to Knoxville-based Holocene
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
An innovative and sustainable chemistry developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide from air has been licensed to Holocene, a Knoxville-based startup focused on designing and building plants that remove carbon dioxide from atmospheric air.
Digging into What Neutrinos Can Tell Us About the Universe
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
In 1930, scientists developed the idea of a tiny particle called a neutrino.
Kevin Wilson: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Liquid interfaces are present everywhere in the environment and in the atmosphere around us.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.
LPO Announces Conditional Commitment for Loan to BlueOval SK to Further Expand U.S. EV Battery Manufacturing Capacity
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO)
University of Chicago joins global partnerships to advance quantum computing
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
$100 million from IBM to help develop quantum-centric supercomputer; $50 million from Google to support quantum research and workforce development
Tiny diamond rotor could improve protein studies
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Many of the biological materials that researchers are most interested in studying, including those associated with major diseases, don’t lend themselves to the conventional methods that researchers typically use to probe a material’s structure and chemistry.
New Method Predicts Extreme Events More Accurately
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
With the rise of extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent in our warming climate, accurate predictions are becoming more critical for all of us, from farmers to city-dwellers to businesses around the world.
Demystifying vortex rings in nuclear fusion, supernovae
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Better understanding the formation of swirling, ring-shaped disturbances—known as vortex rings—could help nuclear fusion researchers compress fuel more efficiently, bringing it closer to becoming a viable energy source.
Two grad students earn research recognition from the Department of Energy
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Two NAU students were selected for a prestigious research program through the U.S. Department of Energy, which will give them the opportunity to do groundbreaking research in a national lab.
Scholars Explore Future Careers at National Labs Day
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
UC Merced’s Graduate Division hosted its third National Labs Day on April 21.
David Krasowska and Kirill Nagaitsev Awarded DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowships
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Northwestern Engineering computer science PhD students David Krasowska and Kirill Nagaitsev have been awarded Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowships (CSGF).
A particular ‘sandwich’ of graphene and boron nitride may lead to next-gen microelectronics
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Moiré patterns occur everywhere. They are created by layering two similar but not identical geometric designs.
Unlocking the power of photosynthesis for clean energy production
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A new grant will allow Rochester researchers to leverage bacteria and nanomaterials to mimic photosynthesis and produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
High energy physics experts network, collaborate at UH-hosted symposium
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
More than 100 experts in the field of high energy physics gathered at the East-West Center for the 45th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Program in High Energy Physics, hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May 22–23.
Illinois researchers create 3D images of C4 plant cellular components
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A team from the University of Illinois has quantified the plant cell properties in two C4 species, including cell shape, chloroplast size, and distribution of cell-to-cell connections called plasmodesmata, providing information that can change how people model photosynthesis thanks to their 3D reconstructions.
WVU researcher searching for ‘holy grail’ of sustainable bioenergy
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Searches for sustainable bioenergy and climate change solutions may be one in the same, according to a West Virginia University researcher.
Stretching metals at the atomic level allows researchers to create important materials for quantum, electronic, and spintronic applications
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of “stubborn” metals that have historically been difficult to synthesize in an atomically precise manner