News from 2023


Chair Rodgers Opening Statement on Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks: Examining Expertise of Sector Specific Agencies."


Hanford Uses 3D Scanning to Enhance Worker Safety for Demolitions

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A team of designers with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is using 3D laser scanning technology to gather data to help workers prepare some of the facilities on the Hanford Site for demolition.


Chair Rodgers: American Leadership in Nuclear and Nuclear Technology is Critical

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee markup of three bills to bolster energy reliability and security.


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES PURCHASES FOR THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

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.


Hanford Collaborations: Creating Connections With the Next Generation

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Highlighting pathways to careers on the Hanford Site, DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM ) Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) established creative collaborations with local colleges and universities that allow interns the opportunity to advance into careers at Hanford.


Exploring the Force that Binds the Universe

Physicists Rosi Reed and Anders Knospe lead pioneering experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory to better understand the strong nuclear force responsible for all matter.


Chairs Rodgers & Latta Announce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing on NTIA Oversight and Reauthorization

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a legislative hearing titled “Oversight and Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration."


Physicists find unusual waves in nickel-based magnet

Neutron scattering reveals coherent waves of ‘spin excitons’ in nickelate crystal


How a mutation in the SKD3 enzyme can cause MGCA7 disease

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Communications how a mutation in the enzyme SKD3 can cause a form of a genetic disease known as 3-methylglutaconic aciduria (MGCA7).


Uc Irvine Joins Effort To Train Next-gen Physics Workforce

UCI is now part of consortium of universities and national labs that are aiming to foster the growth of the next generation of physicists.


Carbon ‘Bank’ At Risk Of Failure

Tropical rainforests store 25%-40% of global soil carbon, though they occupy only 7% of Earth’s land area.


Energy Subcommittee Advances Three Bills to Bolster America’s Energy Security and Protect Americans’ Home Appliance Choices

News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security advanced three bills in a markup today to preserve people’s access to natural gas stoves, strengthen American leadership in clean nuclear energy, and protect our electric grid from cyber threats.


O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith on Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks

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 “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks: Examining Expertise of Sector Specific Agencies."


Grove School engineer Samah Saeed is beneficiary of $4.6m DoE grant to advance quantum computing

City College of New York Computer engineer and scientist Samah M. Saeed is the co-recipient of a $4.6 million U.S. Department of Energy [DoE] grant to advance quantum computing.


UCR team creates “quantum composites” for various electrical and optical innovations

Ateam of UCR electrical engineers and material scientists demonstrated a research breakthrough that may result in wide-ranging advancements in electrical, optical, and computer technologies.


Ceremony unveils new buildings to advance science at Fermilab

On April 13, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory celebrated three important construction milestones designed to increase the lab’s research efficiencies and capabilities and continue progress on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.


Energy Department discusses Kaukauna Utilities; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests on May 16

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Morgan to Address Urban Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations with $5M Department of Energy Grant Award

Morgan State University (MSU) has been awarded a $5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish an integrated field laboratory (IFL) to study climate impacts and adaptations in urban environments.


University awarded DOE grant to research high energy physics

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized its approval of a $125,000 grant to Cal State San Bernardino’s Department of Physics and Astronomy to support CSUSB students’ research on high energy physics at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL).


Chair Duncan Opening Statement at Markup of Three Bills to Bolster America’s Energy Reliability & Security

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee markup of three bills to bolster energy reliability and security.