News from June 2023
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans discussed on June 22 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
The US Energy Department published an eight page proposed rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith Opening Statement on Reviewing MACRA
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests discussed on June 22 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline discussed on June 22 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Subcommittee Chair Johnson Opening Statement on Preserving Americans’ Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People’s Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel."
Energy Department publishes notice on June 22
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
The US Energy Department published a four page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ORNL to be involved in multiple DOE-funded commercial fusion energy development projects
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will team up with six of eight companies that are advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
Srf Operations Earns Certification To Ensure Customer Satisfaction
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
An important certificate now hangs on the wall of the Superconducting Radiofrequency Operations group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Scientists analyze a single atom with X-rays for the first time
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
In the most powerful X-ray facilities in the world, scientists can analyze samples so small they contain only 10,000 atoms.
Scientists make a surprising discovery about magnetic defects in topological insulators
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory made an intriguing discovery while conducting experiments to characterize magnetism in a material known as a dilute magnetic topological insulator where magnetic defects are introduced.
Calculation Shows Why Heavy Quarks Get Caught up in the Flow
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Using some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, a group of theorists has produced a major advance in the field of nuclear physics—a calculation of the “heavy quark diffusion coefficient.
Navigating the crossroads: Mali Balasubramanian takes a new path for battery research
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Having passed the midpoint of his career, physicist Mali Balasubramanian was part of a tight-knit team at a premier research facility for X-ray spectroscopy.
Argonne and UChicago PME researchers “split” phonons – or sound – in step toward new type of quantum computer
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
When we listen to our favorite song, what sounds like a continuous wave of music is actually transmitted as tiny packets of quantum particles called phonons.