News from 2023
Zhaodi Pan seeks to uncover the oldest mysteries of the universe
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
The universe began 13.8 billion years ago, but scientists are still striving to understand its origin.
Eic Center At Jefferson Lab Announces Six Research Fellowship Awards
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
The Electron-Ion Collider Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (EIC Center at Jefferson Lab) has announced the winners of six new research fellowships.
Teletrix licenses methods for ionizing radiation training using augmented reality
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
A method using augmented reality to create accurate visual representations of ionizing radiation, developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been licensed by Teletrix, a firm that creates advanced simulation tools to train the nation’s radiation control workforce.
X-ray beams help researchers learn new tricks from old metals
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory used powerful X-ray beams to unlock a new understanding of materials important to the production and use of hydrogen.
Tiny Microbes Could Brew Big Benefits for Green Biomanufacturing
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley has engineered bacteria to produce new-to-nature carbon products that could provide a powerful route to sustainable biochemicals.
A Pectin-Synthesizing Enzyme May Help Trees Weather Storms. Could It Be Key to More Sustainable Bioproducts?
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Spring means snowstorms for much of the country, which can bring inches of heavy, wet snow. Tree branches sag, and a few snap—but most bounce back quickly with the warming spring sun.
New tools to combat Chicago’s changing climate
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Chicago is already experiencing the impacts of climate change — from extreme weather to flooding and heat waves.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES PURCHASES FOR THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it will purchase up to 3 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in continuation of the Biden-Harris Administration’s three-part replenishment plan. DOE issued a solicitation of sour crude oil to the Big Hill SPR site.
Tribal Energy Snapshot: San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Solar Project Saves Community Thousands on Energy Bills.
Elba Liquefaction Company, LLC; Southern LNG Company, LLC; Notice of Application for Amendment and Establishing Intervention Deadline discussed on May 16 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Oak Ridge Groundbreaking: Viewing Platform Brings Historic K-25 Into Perspective
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Officials celebrated progress on a facility here last week that will give the public a new perspective of what was once the world’s largest building as they broke ground for the K-25 Viewing Platform at the East Tennessee Technology Park.
How Could a Changing Climate Impact Society, Infrastructure, and People?
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
New Climate Simulation Data Sets Provide Insights for Earth’s Future
Jefferson Lab Hosts International Computing In High Energy And Nuclear Physics Conference
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Experts in high-performance computing and data management are gathering in Norfolk next week for the 26th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2023).
Conformer-Dependent Reactivity of Carbonyl Oxides Leads to Dramatically Different Atmospheric Fates
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a type of air pollution that affects health, air quality, and the global climate. SOA forms when ammonia and related chemicals called amines react with oxygenated species.
Surprising Preference in Particle Spin Alignment
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Certain particles that emerge from a hot soup of matter generated in collisions of atomic nuclei appear to have a preferential “global spin alignment.”
Viruses Could Reshuffle the Carbon Cycle in a Warming World
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Microbes play important roles in ecosystems, and these roles are changing with global warming.
Detecting Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors with Water
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Neutrinos are subatomic particles that interact with matter extremely weakly.
Small Fusion Experiment Hits Temperatures Hotter than the Sun’s Core
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
To produce commercial energy, future fusion power plants will need to achieve temperatures of 100 million degrees C.
A Holographic View into Quantum Anomalies
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Theorists calculated how the key ingredients of a phenomenon called the chiral magnetic effect (CME) should evolve over time in an expanding quark-gluon plasma (QGP).
FSU announces bold investments in quantum science and engineering
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
At the atomic and subatomic scales of matter, classical laws of nature lose control and quantum mechanics take over. Discoveries of new quantum phenomena and materials, such as quantum entanglement and topological systems, promise to deliver groundbreaking technologies.