News from 2023
JoAnne Hewett Named Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
The Board of Directors of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) has named theoretical physicist JoAnne Hewett as the next director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and BSA president.
How Argonne is pushing the boundaries of quantum technology research
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is making exciting advances in quantum information science (QIS).
Seven Ways Berkeley Lab Researchers Improve Health for All By Media Relations
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
“Health for all” is the theme of this year’s World Health Day, celebrated on April 7. It’s also a theme for many researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
Researchers devise new system for turning seawater into hydrogen fuel
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
The SLAC-Stanford team pulled hydrogen directly from ocean waters.
Buffalo State Physics Major Lands Impressive DOE Internship
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
Chris Burgio, a sophomore physics major at Buffalo State University, has known since high school that he eventually wants to study astrophysics at the graduate level.
Soaking up sunlight with a microscopic molecular device
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
A Yale-led research team has discovered a molecular “device” found in nature that harvests a particular sliver of the sunlight spectrum in order to convert it into chemical energy.
Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
t’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. In this case, the “job” is the breakdown of lignin, the structural biopolymer that gives stems, bark and branches their signature woodiness.
How biofuel crops harness fungal defenders
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
Thankfully, no known fungus has the power to turn people into monsters and upend society.
Five things to know: Recent breakthrough in neutrino detection
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
Research published in the journal Physical Review Letters conducted by an international team of scientists including Joshua Klein, the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, has resulted in a significant breakthrough in detecting neutrinos.
Physicists gather to chart a path for the next kind of particle collider
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
The most powerful particle collider currently lies about 100 meters underground, circling several French and Swiss towns northwest of Geneva.
From bon appétit to biofuels
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
A study by Clark University Biology Professor David Hibbett and 38 other researchers from across the world traces the evolution of the shiitake mushroom — which humans have cultivated and spread globally for centuries — that could inform the production of biofuels.
MSU professor Eric Boyd’s pyrite research featured by Department of Energy
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
Ongoing microbiological research at Montana State University was featured last week by the federal Department of Energy for its unique impact.
A New Experiment Recreates Soupy Leftovers Of The Big Bang
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
Millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the cosmic explosion that gave birth to the universe, a sea of gluons and quarks formed in a soupy mix today known as quark-gluon plasma.
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center receives funding renewal
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, or GLBRC, another five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels as well as products currently made from petroleum.
Wastewater to Energy: New Treatment Process Can Improve Biorefinery Sustainability
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 23, 2023
Wastewater from biorefineries that convert plants into fuel is full of organic materials that cannot be efficiently treated with conventional wastewater systems, making it costly and energy-intensive to manage.
LSU Research Professors Awarded $800K from U.S. Department of Energy
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Quantum computers have the potential for computational breakthroughs in classically unsolvable nuclear physics problems.
UChicago scientists discover easy way to make atomically thin metal layers for new technology
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Economic method to create MXene material could enable new electronics or energy storage methods.
Researcher to image lab earthquake formation, precursory signals with ultrasound
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and scientists currently rely on seismic hazard maps to predict the likelihood of an earthquake to strike a particular region.
Imaging technique reveals electronic charges with single-atom resolution
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
New scanning tunneling microscopy method demystifies what electrons are doing on the surface of a compound.
Department of Energy grant funds next five years of Great Lakes biofuel research
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
As the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a summary on Monday declaring “a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all,” researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are investigating methods to turn plant waste into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts with renewed funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE).