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Department of Energy Announces $1 Million in Collaborative Funding for Privacy-Preserving Artificial Intelligence Research

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1 million for collaborations in privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research. The aim of this funding is to bring together researchers from the DOE National Laboratories and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly develop new flagship datasets and privacy-preserving methods and algorithms to improve healthcare.

Physicist Dan Boyer wins Early Career Award for research in Artificial Intelligence methods to advance fusion energy

Dan Boyer of PPPL receives DOE Early Career Award to accelerate predictive models of spherical tokamak plasmas with machine learning methods.

Department of Energy Selects 32 Students for Prestigious Computational Fellowships

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 32 outstanding undergraduate and graduate students across the nation to receive the prestigious DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, jointly managed by the Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

Department of Energy to Provide $2 Million for Studies to Accelerate the Evaluation of Novel, Medically Relevant Isotopes for Use in Pre-clinical and Clinical Medical Trials

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $2 million in new funding to support translational research and development (R&D) of novel, medically relevant isotopes to accelerate evaluation for usage in pre-clinical and clinical trials.

Scientists Earn Early Career Awards

The DOE Early Career Research Program supports exceptional researchers during the crucial early years of their careers and helps advance scientific discovery in fundamental sciences

DOE names six Argonne scientists to receive Early Career Research Program awards

Six Argonne scientists receive Department of Energy's Early Career Research Program Awards.

DOE Awards $100 Million to Early-Career Scientists for Mission-Critical Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 83 scientists who will receive a total of $100 million in funding through its Early Career Research Program.

California and Massachusetts Schools Win DOE's 31st National Science Bowl(r)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that the student team from North Hollywood Senior High School in North Hollywood, California won the 2021 DOE National Science Bowl(r) (NSB). In the middle school competition, students from Jonas Clarke Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts took home first place earlier this month.

ORNL partners on science kits for STEM schools

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Center of Science and Industry and the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network have partnered to deliver hundreds of free science kits called Learning Lunchboxes to STEM-designated schools in East Tennessee.

Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter named fellow of the Combustion Institute

Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter, a shockwave chemist, was named a fellow of the Combustion Institute.

Successful Start of Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Follows Record-Setting Trial Run

A five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of "dark energy" is beginning officially today, May 17, at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. To complete its quest, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will capture and study the light from tens of millions of galaxies and other distant objects in the universe.

Argonne's Wang and Streets named highly influential climate scientists

Michael Wang and David Streets, both of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, were named to Reuters' "Hot List" of today's 1,000 most influential climate scientists. Both are in Argonne's Energy and Global Security-Energy Systems (EGS-ES) division.

Department of Energy Announces $10 Million for Research on Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10 million for interdisciplinary research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) and nuclear physics.

ORNL's Sergei Kalinin elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America

Sergei Kalinin, a scientist and inventor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America professional society.

DOE Awards $17.3 Million for Student and Faculty Research Opportunities and to Foster Workforce Diversity

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $17.3 million for college internships, research opportunities, and research projects that connect talented science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students and faculty with the world-class resources at DOE's National Laboratories.

DOE's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program selects 78 outstanding U.S. graduate students

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 78 graduate students representing 26 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program's 2020 Solicitation 2 cycle.

Department of Energy Announces $11 Million for Research on Quantum Information Science for Fusion Energy Sciences

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11 million for ten projects in Quantum Information Science (QIS) with relevance to fusion and plasma science.

Katrin Heitmann elected spokesperson for LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Argonne's Katrin Heitmann has been elected the scientific spokesperson for the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration. This collaboration will address fundamental questions about the evolution of the universe with data from the Rubin Observatory.

Department of Energy to Provide $2 Million for Traineeship in Isotope R&D and Production

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $2 million to establish a traineeship program to advance workforce development in the field of isotope production, processing, and associated research, with preference to minority serving institutions.

Department of Energy to Provide $10 Million for Research on Data Reduction for Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10 million for foundational research to address the challenges of managing and processing the increasingly massive data sets produced by today's scientific instruments, facilities, and supercomputers in order to facilitate more efficient analysis.

Media Advisory - U.S. Secretary of Energy and Other Leading Experts Talk Preparation for the Effects of Climate Change

The escalating effects of climate change are evident across our country, from the damaging 2020 western wildfire season to February's southern deep freeze. The need has never been greater for a national strategy that combines the long-term goal of a 100% clean energy future with immediate, science-driven actions to help all communities overcome the effects of climate change.

ORNL's Honeycutt, Horvath Named SME 2021 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers

Andrew Honeycutt and Nick Horvath, machine tool researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been selected to receive the 2021 Geoffrey Boothroyd Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME, the professional manufacturing engineering association.