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Scholars Explore Future Careers at National Labs Day

UC Merced’s Graduate Division hosted its third National Labs Day on April 21.


Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce a Subcommittee Hearing to Examine MACRA

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."


David Krasowska and Kirill Nagaitsev Awarded DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowships

Northwestern Engineering computer science PhD students David Krasowska and Kirill Nagaitsev have been awarded Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowships (CSGF).


A particular ‘sandwich’ of graphene and boron nitride may lead to next-gen microelectronics

Moiré patterns occur everywhere. They are created by layering two similar but not identical geometric designs.


Unlocking the power of photosynthesis for clean energy production

A new grant will allow Rochester researchers to leverage bacteria and nanomaterials to mimic photosynthesis and produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel.


Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce a Subcommittee Hearing to Examine MACRA

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."


Barrasso Bill Would Protect Availability of Critical Transformers

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), today introduced S. 2036, the Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is an original cosponsor of the legislation.


High energy physics experts network, collaborate at UH-hosted symposium

More than 100 experts in the field of high energy physics gathered at the East-West Center for the 45th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Program in High Energy Physics, hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May 22–23.


Illinois researchers create 3D images of C4 plant cellular components

A team from the University of Illinois has quantified the plant cell properties in two C4 species, including cell shape, chloroplast size, and distribution of cell-to-cell connections called plasmodesmata, providing information that can change how people model photosynthesis thanks to their 3D reconstructions.


WVU researcher searching for ‘holy grail’ of sustainable bioenergy

Searches for sustainable bioenergy and climate change solutions may be one in the same, according to a West Virginia University researcher.


Stretching metals at the atomic level allows researchers to create important materials for quantum, electronic, and spintronic applications

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of “stubborn” metals that have historically been difficult to synthesize in an atomically precise manner


Engineering student chosen for prestigious Department of Energy research program

Lili Rassouli, a PhD candidate at the University at Buffalo, was among just 87 graduate students recently selected from applicants across the United States to conduct research at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility.


MSE Ph.D. student selected for DOE's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

MSE doctoral student Daniel Hong will be heading to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) this summer to continue his thesis research thanks to the Department of Energy's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.


CEE Graduate Students Sienna White and Mohit Dubey Receive DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

ENV graduate students Sienna White and Mohit Dubey were selected to receive the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the Krell Institute.


Finding “hot spots” where compounding environmental and economic risks converge

A computational tool developed by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change pinpoints specific counties within the United States that are particularly vulnerable to economic distress resulting from a transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources.


Penn State’s Jean Paul Allain to lead DOE Fusion Energy Sciences program

Jean Paul Allain, head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State, has been appointed associate director for fusion energy sciences (FES) within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science.


Study reveals new ways for exotic quasiparticles to “relax”

New findings from a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere could help pave the way for new kinds of devices that efficiently bridge the gap between matter and light.


Graduate Student Spotlight: Daven Khana

Our graduate students and postdoctoral researchers play an enormous role in the transition to a sustainable, resilient, and affordable energy future that is centered on social and economic equality


Three IU Physics Graduate Students Win DOE SCGSR Awards

Kylie Dickerson, Bo Johnson, and Gabe Otero have all won year-long fellowships from the DOE SCGSR program.


CABBI Researchers Chart Oilcane Microbiome

In a groundbreaking new collaboration, scientists at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have identified the types of microbes that associate with engineered oilcane.