News from June 2023
DOE Announces $46 Million for Commercial Fusion Energy Development
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $46 million in funding to eight companies advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants, representing a major step in President Biden’s commitment to a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
Thousands celebrate Argonne’s transformational science at Open House
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
It was a day of science, a day of celebration: On May 20, Argonne National Laboratory opened its doors to the public for its long-awaited Argonne Open House, the first in seven years.
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of neutron stars
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Led by nuclear astrophysicist Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron star gobbling mass from a companion star.
Math Primes High-Performance Computing for the Age of AI
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Increasing traffic congestion in the Seattle area is a good analogy for a similar increase in congestion on high-performance computing (HPC) systems, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Firsthand fieldwork: ORNL scientists establish monitoring in at-risk coastal ecosystem
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
As a biogeochemist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Matthew Berens studies how carbon, nutrients and minerals move through water and soil.
Democratizing quantum information science
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Everyone has a seat at the table when it comes to advancing quantum information research.
GEM: A Crown Jewel in Brookhaven's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
How do we make the face of the scientific workforce grow to reflect that of the communities around us? The team of professionals dedicated to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory realize that it’s not a task they can accomplish alone.
Experiments shed light on pressure-driven ionization in giant planets and stars
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
The results offer important implications for astrophysics and nuclear fusion research.
Sieger selected to lead ORNL's next supercomputer, OLCF-6
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Matt Sieger has been named the project director for the OLCF-6 effort.
First Measurements of Hypernuclei Flow at RHIC
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Physicists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have published the first observation of directed flow of hypernuclei.
Watching Molecules Relax in Real Time
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Designing the next generation of efficient energy conversion devices for powering our electronics and heating our homes requires a detailed understanding of how molecules move and vibrate while undergoing light-induced chemical reactions.
Early career scientist wins prestigious Hungarian physics award
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Laszlo Horvath, an early career physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) stationed at General Atomics in San Diego, is the winner of the 2022 Károly Simonyi Memorial Plaque from the Hungarian Nuclear Society.
Ordering ions: ORNL study inches toward answer on power source origins
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
A study led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could uncover new ways to produce more powerful, longer-lasting batteries and memory devices.
Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski awarded 2023 Panofsky Fellowships at SLAC
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski have been named 2023 Panofsky Fellows at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Subtle Signs of Fluctuations in Critical Point Search
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Physicists analyzing data from gold ion smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, are searching for evidence that nails down a so-called critical point in the way nuclear matter changes from one phase to another.
Partnership offers direct career path from Pellissippi State to ORNL
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
A partnership between Pellissippi State Community College and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is set to bring new career options to students and a stronger workforce to the national lab.
The NCCS’s operational orchestrator of high-performance computing: Ashley Barker
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
At the National Center for Computational Sciences, Ashley Barker enjoys one of the least complicated–sounding job titles at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory:
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie, and Griffith Statement on NIH Plans to Update Subgrantee Regulations
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced...
Tribal Energy Snapshot: Seminole Tribe of Florida
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Hybrid Solar-Plus-Battery Storage System Boosts Energy Security in Tribe’s Rural Areas.
Manchin, Risch Introduce Bipartisan Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023 (CNEA). The bipartisan legislation would enhance ...