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Newswise: LLNL’s Annie Kritcher named to TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Released: 13-Apr-2023 9:00 AM EDT
LLNL’s Annie Kritcher named to TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Time Magazine has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory design physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kritcher is recognized for her role as principal designer for the December 2022 fusion ignition experiment at NIF.

Newswise: UAH researchers win awards totaling $750K to advance steps toward “holy grail” fusion clean energy project
Released: 10-Apr-2023 12:15 PM EDT
UAH researchers win awards totaling $750K to advance steps toward “holy grail” fusion clean energy project
University of Alabama Huntsville

Mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have won a pair of research awards totaling $750,000 to collaborate with the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) on research to advance knowledge toward one of the most sought-after goals of plasma physics, plasma fusion energy. This project marks the first experimental collaboration between the university and the LANL, helping to bring fusion and high energy density (HED) plasma research to UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System.

Newswise: Andrea Delgado unites fundamental, high energy physics with quantum computing
Released: 10-Apr-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Andrea Delgado unites fundamental, high energy physics with quantum computing
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Andrea Delgado, a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is using quantum computing to help investigate the fundamental building blocks of the universe and to see whether there are particles yet to be found.

Newswise: Argonne hosts conference for undergraduate women in physics
Released: 17-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Argonne hosts conference for undergraduate women in physics
Argonne National Laboratory

The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) serves as an important event for female physics undergraduates by connecting them with resources, community and professionals. CUWiP is supported by the American Physical Society.

Released: 7-Mar-2023 11:35 AM EST
Laser shots at National Ignition Facility could spark additional discoveries in astrophysics
Argonne National Laboratory

Using the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS), a team of scientists is studying the environment created during laser shots at the National Ignition Facility to better understand its potential as a testbed for nuclear astrophysics research.

Newswise: New design for lithium-air battery could offer much longer driving range compared with the lithium-ion battery
Released: 22-Feb-2023 5:00 PM EST
New design for lithium-air battery could offer much longer driving range compared with the lithium-ion battery
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists have built and tested for a thousand cycles a lithium-air battery design that could one day be powering cars, domestic airplanes, long-haul trucks and more. Its energy storage capacity greatly surpasses that possible with lithium-ion batteries.

Released: 24-Jan-2023 4:25 PM EST
Department of Energy Issues Request for Information and Launches New Website for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Management and Operating Contract Competition
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated the competition for the management and operating (M&O) contract for the Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory (FNAL).

Released: 20-Jan-2023 7:20 PM EST
Citizen Science: From the cosmos to the classroom
Springer

Citizen science projects offer the general public, or segments of that public such as school students, an opportunity to take part in scientific research.

Newswise: The Latest From The American Astronomical Society Meeting And Other Space News
9-Jan-2023 4:20 PM EST
The Latest From The American Astronomical Society Meeting And Other Space News
Newswise

Below are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Space and Astronomy channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.

Released: 9-Jan-2023 1:25 PM EST
Department of Energy Announces $56 Million for Traineeships Supporting Historically Underrepresented Groups and Institutions
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $56 million to provide research opportunities to historically underrepresented groups and institutions in STEM. The funding, through the DOE Office of Science’s Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative, will support internships, mentorship, and training programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and other research institutions. These investments will diversify American leadership in the physical, biological, and computational sciences to ensure America’s best and brightest students have pathways to STEM fields.

Newswise: Playing all the angles: A high-contrast grating structure for direction-tunable lasing
Released: 3-Jan-2023 6:20 PM EST
Playing all the angles: A high-contrast grating structure for direction-tunable lasing
SPIE

Lasers find applications across several fields ranging from telecommunications and remote sensing to medicine.

Newswise: Celeritas code will accelerate high energy physics simulations with supercomputers
Released: 13-Dec-2022 10:40 AM EST
Celeritas code will accelerate high energy physics simulations with supercomputers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading a new project to ensure that the fastest supercomputers can keep up with big data from high energy physics research.

Released: 12-Dec-2022 3:10 PM EST
Argonne researchers awarded joint projects in advanced computing
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists were awarded Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing projects in nuclear and high energy physics, and Earth system model development. They will partner with DOE national labs to connect experts and high performance computers.

Released: 7-Dec-2022 2:40 PM EST
Brookhaven's Veljko Radeka Recognized by International Committee for Future Accelerators
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Veljko Radeka, a senior scientist in the Instrumentation Division at the U. S. Department of Energy' (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has had a long, distinguished scientific career touching several areas of research and inspiring colleagues, collaborators, and students along the way. The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) recently recognized the contributions Radeka has made in the field of instrumentation, as well as his role as a leader, with the 2022 ICFA Instrumentation Award.

Newswise: Aurora and the upgraded Advanced Photon Source to power discovery at Argonne
Released: 7-Dec-2022 1:20 PM EST
Aurora and the upgraded Advanced Photon Source to power discovery at Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne is creating a supermerger between its new Aurora supercomputer and upgraded Advanced Photon Source. The combined data collection and computing power will enable ultrafast data analysis, advance discovery time and unlock new science.

Released: 7-Dec-2022 1:15 PM EST
Department of Energy Announces $11.24 Million for Research on Nuclear Theory Topical Collaborations
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11.24 million for five topical theory collaborations in nuclear physics (NP). These projects bring together leading nuclear theorists to collaboratively focus on solving challenging problems central to advancing knowledge in nuclear physics.

Released: 29-Nov-2022 1:45 PM EST
Department of Energy Announces $4.3 Million for Research on Artificial Intelligence in High Energy Physics
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $4.3 million in funding for 16 projects in artificial intelligence (AI) research for high energy physics (HEP). These awards support the DOE Office of Science initiative in artificial intelligence research to use AI techniques to deliver scientific discoveries that would not otherwise be possible, and to broaden participation in high energy physics research.

Released: 23-Nov-2022 9:35 AM EST
Brookhaven Early Career Professionals Connect with Nobel Laureates in Kyoto, Japan
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Three early-career professionals at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory had the opportunity to connect with Nobel laureates, discuss pressing global issues, and explore historic Kyoto, Japan at the 19th annual meeting of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum.

Released: 16-Nov-2022 1:55 PM EST
Department of Energy Announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2023
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is accepting applications for the 2023 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers. The program will support over 80 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions, DOE national laboratories, and Office of Science user facilities.



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