News from May 2023
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce Oversight Hearing on Prescription Drug Shortages
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 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 titled “Examining the Root Causes of Drug Shortages: Challenges in Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Chains."
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce Oversight Hearing on Prescription Drug Shortages
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 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 titled “Examining the Root Causes of Drug Shortages: Challenges in Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Chains."
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Hearing on Reauthorizing Key Biodefense and Public Health Preparedness Programs
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “Preparing for and Responding to Future Public Health Security Threats."
SFE Energy, Inc.; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization discussed on May 4 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
SFE Energy Massachusetts, Inc.; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization discussed on May 4 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
PAMS-SC grant application closes on July 5
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
Research, Development, and Training in Isotope Production grant opened on May 5.
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Hearing on Reauthorizing Key Biodefense and Public Health Preparedness Programs
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “Preparing for and Responding to Future Public Health Security Threats."
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Hearing on Reauthorizing Key Biodefense and Public Health Preparedness Programs
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “Preparing for and Responding to Future Public Health Security Threats."
Notice published on May 4 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2023
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Scientists use computational modeling to design “ultrastable” materials
By DOE Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
Materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have a rigid, cage-like structure that lends itself to a variety of applications, from gas storage to drug delivery.
Improved film is a big step on the road to sustainable hydrogen
By DOE Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
Hydrogen is not only the most abundant element in the universe, it’s also one of the most promising green fuels.
White House honors campus chemists Darleane Hoffman, Gabor Somorjai
By DOE Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
The White House honored campus professors Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai on Tuesday with the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, one of the government’s “oldest and prestigious” awards.
UCI researchers join DOE-funded project to reinvent lithium-ion battery recycling
By DOE Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy has granted $10 million to a multidisciplinary team, including researchers at the University of California, Irvine, to devise new methods for recycling end-of-life lithium-ion battery materials.
Researchers discover new class of ribosomal peptide with hemolytic activity
By DOE Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
Living organisms produce a myriad of natural products which can be used in modern medicine and therapeutics.
Assessing Ice Formation in the Atmosphere
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
The formation of ice crystals in the atmosphere is a phenomenon that impacts cloud formation, weather, and precipitation amounts, and is thus essential for life on earth dependent on water.
Chemistry Professor Wins DOE Faculty Award
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Gerard Dumancas, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at The University of Scranton, was selected as a Visiting Faculty Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
MSU to refurbish world’s first superconducting cyclotron for chip testing
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Michigan State University (MSU) will build on its 60-year track record in accelerator-based nuclear physics leadership by refurbishing the history-making K500 cyclotron and installing it as the heart of a new chip-testing facility for next-generation semiconductor devices.
Shedding Light on Mechanisms of Electrochemical Energy Storage
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Understanding why certain materials work better than others when it comes to energy storage is a crucial step for developing the batteries that will power electronic devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy grids.
Penn State Biochemist Applies Aging Research to Yeasts
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Biochemist Melanie McReynolds researches metabolism and aging, and the role of stress in that process.
New atomic-scale understanding of catalysis could unlock massive energy savings
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Catalysts are materials that accelerate chemical reactions without undergoing changes themselves.