News from 2023
UChicago Medicine research finds hospitalizations for older adults are higher near fracking sites
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Anew University of Chicago study examining Medicare claims found older adults living near fracking sites in Pennsylvania were more likely to be hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases than those who lived in nearby New York state, where fracking is banned.
Semiconductor lattice marries electrons and magnetic moments
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A model system created by stacking a pair of monolayer semiconductors is giving physicists a simpler way to study confounding quantum behavior, from heavy fermions to exotic quantum phase transitions.
NJIT Alum Ogo Enekwizu Brings Soot-seeded Clouds into Brookhaven National Lab
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Tiny particles in Earth’s atmosphere can have a big impact on climate.
UNLV Study Sheds Light on Ancient Microbial Dark Matter
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
International team of scientists reveals first in-depth look at Omnitrophota, one of the world’s oldest and tiniest bacteria.
GLBRC receives five year funding renewal
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a University of Wisconsin–Madison based research center another five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels as well as products currently made from petroleum.
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.