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How biofuel crops harness fungal defenders

Thankfully, no known fungus has the power to turn people into monsters and upend society.


Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment

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.


Soaking up sunlight with a microscopic molecular device

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.


Buffalo State Physics Major Lands Impressive DOE Internship

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.


Researchers devise new system for turning seawater into hydrogen fuel

The SLAC-Stanford team pulled hydrogen directly from ocean waters.


Seven Ways Berkeley Lab Researchers Improve Health for All By Media Relations

“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).


How Argonne is pushing the boundaries of quantum technology research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is making exciting advances in quantum information science (QIS).


JoAnne Hewett Named Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory

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.


ORNL, NOAA launch new supercomputer for climate science research

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is launching a new supercomputer dedicated to climate science research.


New center will enhance engineering research at Fermilab

The Integrated Engineering Research Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is about to become the place to tackle the technical challenges of particle physics experiments.


U.S. Department of Energy’s INCITE program seeks proposals for 2024 to advance science and engineering at U.S. leadership computing facilities

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program is now accepting proposals for high-impact,computationally intensive research campaigns in a broad array of science, engineering and computer science domains.


Bright lights, big data: how Argonne is bringing supercomputing and X-rays together for scientific breakthroughs

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is one of the most productive X-ray light sources in the world.


Brookhaven Lab Honors 2023 Bridge Competition Winners

Jacqueline Seifert, a senior at Commack High School, won first place in the 2023 Bridge Building Competition hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory on March 30.


More Frequent Hurricanes Raise Risk to U.S. East and Gulf Coasts

Hurricanes will become stronger and strike more often on the U.S. Gulf and lower East coasts, according to new research led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, who explored the influence of global warming on the damaging storms.


It’s Earth Day!

News Release: On Earth Day, we are celebrating how America has led the world in reducing emissions-and we’ve done it while raising the standard of living, fighting poverty, and maintaining the highest environmental and labor standards in the world.


Galaxy clusters yield new evidence for standard model of cosmology

A new study probing the structure and evolution of galaxy clusters shows good agreement with the predictions of standard cosmological models.


The Flightpath from a Groundbreaking Catalyst to Jets that Soar on Renewable Fuel from Waste

In March, a team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and LanzaTech was awarded the 2023 American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Award for Affordable Clean Chemistry at the ACS Spring meeting for development of a clean and sustainable alcohol-to-jet-fuel catalytic process, which holds promise for helping the nation achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.


Sekazi K. Mtingwa Honored with AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize at Annual Meeting

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has recognized physicist and humanitarian Sekazi Mtingwa for his invaluable work in the field of intrabeam scattering and particle accelerator research as well as his tireless efforts to promote accessibility, diversity, and equity in STEM.


Xuan Zhang: Why spin gold when you can spin steel, and more?

Transforming what seems like nothing into something valuable is the magic of fairy tales.


How Technoeconomic Analyses Pave the Way to a Low-Carbon Future

Levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the air continue to rise. Cutting emissions by moving away from fossil fuels is a priority – but so is removing carbon that’s already been emitted.