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MSU is taking the world’s fastest supercomputer to the final frontier
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Michigan State University is leading pioneering research on the world’s fastest supercomputer, thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
New funding supports Princeton’s biofuels efforts
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed $590 million to renew its four Bioenergy Research Centers.
Waste Treatment Plant Conducts Emergency Drills, Prepares to Receive Ammonia
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) staff recently performed an emergency preparedness drill simulating a response to an ammonia leak.
GLBRC receives five year funding renewal
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a University of Wisconsin–Madison based research center another five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels as well as products currently made from petroleum.
UNLV Study Sheds Light on Ancient Microbial Dark Matter
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
International team of scientists reveals first in-depth look at Omnitrophota, one of the world’s oldest and tiniest bacteria.
NJIT Alum Ogo Enekwizu Brings Soot-seeded Clouds into Brookhaven National Lab
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Tiny particles in Earth’s atmosphere can have a big impact on climate.
Semiconductor lattice marries electrons and magnetic moments
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A model system created by stacking a pair of monolayer semiconductors is giving physicists a simpler way to study confounding quantum behavior, from heavy fermions to exotic quantum phase transitions.
UChicago Medicine research finds hospitalizations for older adults are higher near fracking sites
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Anew University of Chicago study examining Medicare claims found older adults living near fracking sites in Pennsylvania were more likely to be hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases than those who lived in nearby New York state, where fracking is banned.
DOE Renews CABBI Five More Years
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Earlier today the DOE announced a five-year extension of funding for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), to a total of $262.5 million for the period from 2017 to 2027.
Recent BGSU alumnus involved in ‘next generation’ AI research as undergraduate
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Chase Somodi ‘22 wasn’t entirely confident he’d succeed as a physics major at Bowling Green State University.
Signaling proteins shown to play key role in TB biology
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
A set of 10 signaling proteins found in the microbe that causes tuberculosis [TB], play a far larger role in regulating the bacterium’s growth, development and behavior than previously thought, according to recent research.
Top EM Leaders, Stakeholders From Eight Cleanup Sites Discuss Mission Work
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM senior leaders met with stakeholders from eight cleanup sites across the DOE complex recently to discuss current and planned mission work and other topics from a jam-packed agenda during the two-day EM Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) National Chairs meeting in Washington, D.C.
Women Making History: UK researcher uses computational science to solve Kentucky’s health challenges
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Throughout March, the University of Kentucky is spotlighting Women Making History during Women’s History Month.
Tiny movements, deep inside a battery
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have used a cutting-edge X-ray technique to view the movements of components inside an operating battery cell.
Brookhaven's Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi Awarded Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Grant
By Alyssa Marie Dasal | Apr 13, 2023
Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi is a scientist who wears many hats.
Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID), raised concerns with the Biden administration’s initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document.
DUNE collaboration ready to ramp up mass production for first detector module
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Preparations for the construction of the first detector module of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are rapidly progressing.
Scientists measure laser-heated plasma using Doppler weather forecasting technique
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Scientists have used a common weather forecasting technique for insights into how powerful lasers turn hunks of solid material into soups of electrically charged particles known as plasmas.
Teachers Invited To Jefferson Lab For Science Showcase
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
All upper-elementary and middle school teachers of the physical sciences are invited to participate in the annual Virginia Region II Teacher Night.
What can we do about all the plastic waste?
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 13, 2023
Plastic pollution is a global problem that continues to grow.