News from 2023
Watching Molecules Relax in Real Time
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Designing the next generation of efficient energy conversion devices for powering our electronics and heating our homes requires a detailed understanding of how molecules move and vibrate while undergoing light-induced chemical reactions.
Early career scientist wins prestigious Hungarian physics award
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Laszlo Horvath, an early career physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) stationed at General Atomics in San Diego, is the winner of the 2022 Károly Simonyi Memorial Plaque from the Hungarian Nuclear Society.
Ordering ions: ORNL study inches toward answer on power source origins
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
A study led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could uncover new ways to produce more powerful, longer-lasting batteries and memory devices.
Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski awarded 2023 Panofsky Fellowships at SLAC
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski have been named 2023 Panofsky Fellows at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Subtle Signs of Fluctuations in Critical Point Search
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
Physicists analyzing data from gold ion smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, are searching for evidence that nails down a so-called critical point in the way nuclear matter changes from one phase to another.
Partnership offers direct career path from Pellissippi State to ORNL
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
A partnership between Pellissippi State Community College and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is set to bring new career options to students and a stronger workforce to the national lab.
The NCCS’s operational orchestrator of high-performance computing: Ashley Barker
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 14, 2023
At the National Center for Computational Sciences, Ashley Barker enjoys one of the least complicated–sounding job titles at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory:
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie, and Griffith Statement on NIH Plans to Update Subgrantee Regulations
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced...
Tribal Energy Snapshot: Seminole Tribe of Florida
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Hybrid Solar-Plus-Battery Storage System Boosts Energy Security in Tribe’s Rural Areas.
Manchin, Risch Introduce Bipartisan Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023 (CNEA). The bipartisan legislation would enhance ...
Chair Rodgers: America Must be Ready to Respond to All Public Health Threats
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Bolster Preparedness and Response for All Hazards and Public Health Security Threats."
EM Invests $30 Million in Hanford Tank Waste Research & Development
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: A new $30 million investment by EM will fund research and technology development led by DOE’s national laboratories aimed at better addressing tank waste at the Hanford Site.
Strengthening Cybersecurity Across the Liquified Natural Gas Lifecycle
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) released the. The LNG Cybersecurity Framework, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), will help industry partners manage and reduce cyber risks at all stages of the LNG lifecycle, from the liquefaction process through distribution. It is an application of the broader within the LNG industry.
Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on Solutions for Public Health Security Preparedness
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Bolster Preparedness and Response for All Hazards and Public Health Security Threats."
Barrasso Praises House for Protecting Americans’ Gas Stoves
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, by a vote of 248-180.
Cleco Power LLC; Notice Shortening Comment Period discussed on June 13 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
68 press releases published in February by U.S. Department of Energy
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
There were 68 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Energy in February.
Oak Ridge Honors Small Businesses for Critical Role in Cleanup
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR recognized six small businesses at a ceremony last week for their support of EM ’s cleanup mission.
Chair Rodgers Urges House to Pass the Save Our Gas Stoves Act
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 1640, the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, a bill to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from implementing a ban on gas stoves.
Kayenta Township Hosts Uranium 101 Workshop in Arizona with Tribal and Federal Partners
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) and its Navajo Nation Public Affairs team led a fourth Uranium 101 workshop with Kayenta Township, Arizona, May 16, 2023. The Community Outreach Network includes federal agencies and Navajo Nation departments and programs who share a goal to educate and inform Navajo communities about the risks that uranium mines pose and how to protect people from exposure.