News from April 2023
Combined Notice of Filings discussed on April 11 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a legislative hearing on examining current federal government programs to support health care work force and improve primary care. Ms. Carole Johnson, ...
Over 300 People Gather for EM-NNSA Event on Cleanup, National Security
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - More than 300 people turned out for a town hall-style event last week focused on national security and environmental cleanup priorities, including EM ’s work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. EM and the National Nuclear Security Administration...
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a legislative hearing on examining current federal government programs to support health care work force and improve primary care. Ms. Carole Johnson, ...
Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Unleashing U.S. Communications Innovation
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment."
Newly Retired Partner Honored for Decades-Long Service to Hopi People and Supporting LM Projects
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: LM Director Carmelo Melendez honored Norman Honie, Jr., one of LM’s longtime Hopi tribal partners, during the Navajo-Hopi-DOE triannual meeting in Durango, Colorado, on March 14.
New Advisory Board Members Get Firsthand Look at Oak Ridge Cleanup
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - New members of the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) are benefiting from a return to an in-person orientation and tour of major cleanup across the Oak Ridge Reservation for the first time since the coronavirus.
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce O&I Subcommittee Hearing on Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing to discuss the role of data brokers and online privacy protections.
Want More National Science Bowl? For Arpit Ranasaria, the Answer Has Always Been Yes!
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
On the last Saturday in February, hundreds of high school students and volunteers of all ages convened at the Technology Building on the Columbia Basin College campus in Pasco, Washington.
Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai Receive the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai as recipients of the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. government.
ORNL malware ‘vaccine’ generator licensed for Evasive.ai platform
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Access to artificial intelligence and machine learning is rapidly changing technology and product development, leading to more advanced, efficient and personalized applications by leveraging a massive amount of data.
A Biofuel Breakthrough, Courtesy of Fungi
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. In this case, the “job” is the breakdown of lignin, the structural molecule that gives plants strength and rigidity.
Using X-rays and additive manufacturing to print tough materials
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Durability is a critical characteristic of the materials used to produce industrial machinery, marine vessels, aircraft and medical devices.
Jefferson Lab Establishes Biomedical Research & Innovation Center
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Better methods for detecting and treating disease. Groundbreaking technologies for monitoring and blocking radiation.
New physical science summer school offers opportunity for underrepresented college students
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory annually hosts multiple internships for undergraduate students to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Research team supports isostatic pressing for solid-state battery manufacturing
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Following months of promising test results, battery researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are recommending that the solid-state battery industry focus on a technique known as isostatic pressing as it looks to commercialize next-generation batteries.
PPPL to lead collaborative center aimed at supporting efforts to bring more underserved communities into plasma science and the fusion energy field
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
PPPL and other institutions are actively focused on finding ways to recruit diverse students, researchers and engineers into the fusion energy and plasma science fields and make them feel part of an inclusive community in which they are welcomed, able to succeed and remain in the field.
Dimitri Argyriou Named Next Director of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Dimitri Argyriou, an accomplished physicist and Associate Director for In-Kind Management at the European Spallation Source, has been selected to serve as the next director of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
APS Upgrade to enhance ‘molecular movies’ to understand certain types of antibiotic resistance
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Eadweard Muybridge’s electrifying photos of a galloping horse set the world on fire when he created the precursor to what became motion pictures.
Chemist’s formula for change helps underserved kids dream big
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A chemist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory attracted national attention when her advocacy for science education made People magazine’s annual “Women Changing the World” issue.