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Recent News About U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
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Technique Offers New Insight into How Materials Respond to Stresses
Researchers have demonstrated techniques that provide unprecedented detail into how materials behave when exposed to a range of stresses, including shear stress.
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MSU is taking the world’s fastest supercomputer to the final frontier
Michigan State University is leading pioneering research on the world’s fastest supercomputer, thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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New funding supports Princeton’s biofuels efforts
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed $590 million to renew its four Bioenergy Research Centers.
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GLBRC receives five year funding renewal
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a University of Wisconsin–Madison based research center another five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels as well as products currently made from petroleum.
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UNLV Study Sheds Light on Ancient Microbial Dark Matter
International team of scientists reveals first in-depth look at Omnitrophota, one of the world’s oldest and tiniest bacteria.
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NJIT Alum Ogo Enekwizu Brings Soot-seeded Clouds into Brookhaven National Lab
Tiny particles in Earth’s atmosphere can have a big impact on climate.
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Semiconductor lattice marries electrons and magnetic moments
A model system created by stacking a pair of monolayer semiconductors is giving physicists a simpler way to study confounding quantum behavior, from heavy fermions to exotic quantum phase transitions.
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UChicago Medicine research finds hospitalizations for older adults are higher near fracking sites
Anew University of Chicago study examining Medicare claims found older adults living near fracking sites in Pennsylvania were more likely to be hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases than those who lived in nearby New York state, where fracking is banned.
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DOE Renews CABBI Five More Years
Earlier today the DOE announced a five-year extension of funding for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), to a total of $262.5 million for the period from 2017 to 2027.
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Recent BGSU alumnus involved in ‘next generation’ AI research as undergraduate
Chase Somodi ‘22 wasn’t entirely confident he’d succeed as a physics major at Bowling Green State University.
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Signaling proteins shown to play key role in TB biology
A set of 10 signaling proteins found in the microbe that causes tuberculosis [TB], play a far larger role in regulating the bacterium’s growth, development and behavior than previously thought, according to recent research.
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Women Making History: UK researcher uses computational science to solve Kentucky’s health challenges
Throughout March, the University of Kentucky is spotlighting Women Making History during Women’s History Month.
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Tiny movements, deep inside a battery
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have used a cutting-edge X-ray technique to view the movements of components inside an operating battery cell.
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Brookhaven's Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi Awarded Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Grant
Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi is a scientist who wears many hats.
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DUNE collaboration ready to ramp up mass production for first detector module
Preparations for the construction of the first detector module of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are rapidly progressing.
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Scientists measure laser-heated plasma using Doppler weather forecasting technique
Scientists have used a common weather forecasting technique for insights into how powerful lasers turn hunks of solid material into soups of electrically charged particles known as plasmas.
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Teachers Invited To Jefferson Lab For Science Showcase
All upper-elementary and middle school teachers of the physical sciences are invited to participate in the annual Virginia Region II Teacher Night.
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What can we do about all the plastic waste?
Plastic pollution is a global problem that continues to grow.
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Structure of 'Oil-Eating' Enzyme Opens Door to Bioengineered Catalysts
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have produced the first atomic-level structure of an enzyme that selectively cuts carbon-hydrogen bonds—the first and most challenging step in turning simple hydrocarbons into more useful chemicals.
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A minute with Holly Lett, head of talent development
I’m the department head for Talent Development in human resources for the laboratory. In collaboration with other leaders, I’m responsible for Fermilab’s talent development strategy.I see my role as helping people get to their next level, career-wise.