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Scientists make a surprising discovery about magnetic defects in topological insulators
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory made an intriguing discovery while conducting experiments to characterize magnetism in a material known as a dilute magnetic topological insulator where magnetic defects are introduced.
Scientists analyze a single atom with X-rays for the first time
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
In the most powerful X-ray facilities in the world, scientists can analyze samples so small they contain only 10,000 atoms.
Srf Operations Earns Certification To Ensure Customer Satisfaction
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
An important certificate now hangs on the wall of the Superconducting Radiofrequency Operations group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
ORNL to be involved in multiple DOE-funded commercial fusion energy development projects
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will team up with six of eight companies that are advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
Quantum Science Center members teach, learn at third summer school
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
For the third year in a row, the Quantum Science Center held its signature workforce development event: a comprehensive summer school for students and early-career scientists designed to facilitate conversations and hands-on activities related to multiple areas of quantum research.
The US and UK team up to advance quantum information science
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The United States and United Kingdom are sharing expertise and capabilities in the blossoming field of quantum information science across the pond.
Direct air capture technology licensed to Knoxville-based Holocene
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
An innovative and sustainable chemistry developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide from air has been licensed to Holocene, a Knoxville-based startup focused on designing and building plants that remove carbon dioxide from atmospheric air.
Digging into What Neutrinos Can Tell Us About the Universe
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
In 1930, scientists developed the idea of a tiny particle called a neutrino.
Kevin Wilson: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Liquid interfaces are present everywhere in the environment and in the atmosphere around us.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.
LPO Announces Conditional Commitment for Loan to BlueOval SK to Further Expand U.S. EV Battery Manufacturing Capacity
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO)
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking. This program supports goals outlined by the Biden-Harris Administration to reduce emissions...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking. This program supports goals outlined by the Biden-Harris Administration to reduce emissions...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking. This program supports goals outlined by the Biden-Harris Administration to reduce emissions...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking. This program supports goals outlined by the Biden-Harris Administration to reduce emissions...
DOE Announces Over $17 Million for University-Led Projects Supporting Decarbonization and Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced up to $17.7 million in funding available to support novel, early-stage research and development at eligible U.S. colleges and universities, including creating new academic curricula...
Oak Ridge Removes Radioactive Source After ‘Needle in Haystack’ Search
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM workers recently completed a big task involving a small item by safely removing a highly radiated segment of wire roughly the size of a straightened-out paper clip from a cleanup project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
DOE Awards $56 Million For Nuclear Energy Projects to U.S. Universities and National Laboratories
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $56 million for 68 nuclear energy projects and student innovation awards across the country. The projects will support nuclear technology development, early career faculty research activities, and student research at 35...
Six New Members Join Paducah Site’s Citizens Advisory Board
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM has appointed six new members to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Citizens Advisory Board (CAB).
DOE Awards Over $6 Million for University Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $6.3 million in funding for 18 projects at 15 universities in 14 states. The funding builds up scientific infrastructure and upgrades research reactors at universities to expand the nation’s scientific capabilities and train the next generation of nuclear energy scientists and engineers.