News from April 2023
Waste Treatment Plant Conducts Emergency Drills, Prepares to Receive Ammonia
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) staff recently performed an emergency preparedness drill simulating a response to an ammonia leak.
New funding supports Princeton’s biofuels efforts
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed $590 million to renew its four Bioenergy Research Centers.
MSU is taking the world’s fastest supercomputer to the final frontier
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
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.
Technique Offers New Insight into How Materials Respond to Stresses
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Researchers have demonstrated techniques that provide unprecedented detail into how materials behave when exposed to a range of stresses, including shear stress.
Rutgers physicists provide theoretical insights on experiment involving a “strange metal” that could be foundational to next-generation quantum technologies
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Scientists investigating a compound called “Y-ball” – which belongs to a mysterious class of “strange metals” viewed as centrally important to next-generation quantum materials – have found new ways to probe and understand its behavior.
WVU to partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on decarbonization, energy transition
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A new agreement between WVU and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will promote opportunities for collaboration on decarbonization efforts that could pave the way for a cleaner energy transition.
MSU researchers support renewed DOE-funded efforts on bioenergy and biproducts innovation
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Two Mississippi State researchers will continue to support a national initiative on bioenergy and bioproducts thanks to a new round of funding announced Friday [March 17] by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Magnetism fosters unusual electronic order in quantum material
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Physicists were surprised by the 2022 discovery that electrons in magnetic iron-germanium crystals could spontaneously and collectively organize their charges into a pattern featuring a standing wave.
Grant Funds Research into Computational Materials Science, Collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Beth Nowadnick has earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to study materials that may provide new ways to store or process information.
WT’s Hiranuma Appointed to Energy Department Advisory Committee
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A West Texas A&M University environmental science professor has been named as an advisory committee member for a U.S. Department of Energy lab.
Origin of superconductivity in nickelates revealed
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Nickelates are a material class that has excited scientists because of its recently discovered superconducting ability, and now a new study led by Cornell has changed where scientists thought this ability might originate, providing a blueprint for how more functional versions might be engineered in the future.
UOG collaborates with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for renewable energy research
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
In a breakthrough collaboration for the University of Guam, a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) visited UOG on March 14.
Can synthetic polymers replace the body’s natural proteins?
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, highly specialized proteins.
Department of Energy Announces $150 Million for Research on the Science Foundations for Energy Earthshots
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $150 million for research into the crosscutting foundational science for multiple Energy Earthshots.
Warming Strongly Increases Nutrient Availability in a Nutrient-Limited Bog
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The dynamics and availability of nutrients in soil can limit the growth of plants and microbes.
A Novel Way to Get to the Excited States of Exotic Nuclei
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
An atomic nucleus assumes discrete energy levels when added energy excites that nucleus.
New Findings on the Flow of Particles in Heavy Ion Collisions
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Scientists ran a comprehensive analysis of data from collisions of heavy ions (the nuclei of atoms) to determine which factors most influence fluctuations in the flow of particles.
A Day and Night Difference: Molecular Composition of Aerosols Differs from Day to Night
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Tiny aerosols particles in the atmosphere have a significant effect on the climate.
Visit a Solar Decathlon Zero Energy Home Near You, April 4–18
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Collegiate teams competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2023 Build Challenge will hold community open houses for their zero energy homes April 4–18.
DOE Seeks Input on Growing an Equitable Solar Manufacturing Workforce
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) released a request for information (RFI) to better understand the anticipated quantity, quality, and accessibility of solar manufacturing roles, to anticipate the challenges for filling and training those roles, and to gather potential solutions for overcoming these barriers.