Argonne receives inaugural Green Fleet Award from Department of Energy
Argonne was honored with the first Green Fleet Award as the laboratory continues to purchase zero-emissions vehicles.
Working to make steel greener, cleaner
Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar is leading a research team working to develop a new zero-carbon, electrochemical process to produce iron metal from ore. If successful, the project could be a first step toward eliminating harmful greenhouse gas emissions by eventually replacing century-old, blast-furnace ironmaking with a new electrolytic-iron production process.
DOE Announces $72 Million For Small Business Research and Development Grants
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $72 million in funding for small businesses to pursue scientific, clean energy, and climate research, development, and demonstration projects. The funding will support 296 projects across 44 states and addresses multiple topic areas, such as renewable energy, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, advanced materials and manufacturing, microelectronics, and artificial intelligence. Today's announcement underscores the Biden-Harris Administration's deep commitment to advancing innovative climate solutions and strengthening America's global scientific leadership, which are critical to achieving the President's goal of a carbon-free grid by 2035 and net-zero emissions by 2050.
Argonne scientist Shirley Meng recognized for contributions to battery science
Materials science pioneer Shirley Meng has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Battery Division Research Award by The Electrochemical Society. The recognition honors Meng's innovative research on interfacial science, which has paved the way for improved battery technologies.
Department of Energy Announces $2.2 Million for U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research in High Energy Physics
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $2.2 million for 11 collaborative research projects in high-energy physics that involve substantial collaboration with Japanese investigators.
Argonne researcher Khalil Amine elected as a Fellow for the European Academy of Sciences
Khalil Amine, a researcher in PSE's Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division (CSE), was recently elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of the Sciences. This article highlights this Fellowship and Amine's research in CSE.
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Plan to Ensure Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a plan to ensure the Department's Federally funded research is more open and accessible to the public, researchers, and journalists as part of a broader effort by the Biden-Harris Administration to make government data more transparent.
Four firms receive ORNL small business awards
Four firms doing business with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received ORNL Small Business Awards during an awards ceremony on June 29.
DOE and Sweden Sign Joint Implementation Agreement to Increase Scientific Cooperation
The Department of Energy (DOE) today signed an implementation agreement with Sweden to further promote and facilitate basic science research in energy and related fields.
Junjie Zhu : Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Supported by his Early Career Research Program award, physicist Junjie Zhu's work at the CERN Large Hadron Collider led to the first-ever evidence of two rare but important physics processes. These interactions produce the particles responsible for nuclear decay.
Argonne installs final components of Aurora supercomputer
The installation of Aurora's 10,624th and final blade marks a major milestone for Argonne National Laboratory's highly anticipated exascale supercomputer.
Yun Liu wins Faraday Cup Award for breakthrough laser comb
When opportunity meets talent, great things happen. The laser comb developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory serves as such an example.
Jefferson Lab Outreach Efforts Earn National Recognition
When the global pandemic put the kibosh on in-person events, Jefferson Lab sought alternatives for ensuring its world-class science and unique equipment remained accessible to interested publics. These efforts culminated in the Fall for Science Virtual Field Trip Event, which has been recognized by the Public Relations Society of America with three Anvil Awards.
Jefferson Lab Oversight Roles Filled by DOE
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Craig Ferguson to lead the Thomas Jefferson Site Office (TJSO) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va. As TJSO manager, Ferguson will lead in the oversight and contract management of Jefferson Lab. Additionally, Donte Davis has been confirmed as TJSO deputy manager and will support the office's wide range of oversight programs.
Gearhart named director of ORNL's Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Directorate
John Gearhart has been named director of the Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Directorate at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective June 19.
Jefferson Lab Virtual Series Serves Up Science Brain Teasers
Jefferson Lab is now offering a new playlist called "Here's a Question" as part of its long-running Frostbite Theater video series. In the "Here's a Question" videos, longtime Frostbite Theater hosts Steve Gagnon and Joanna Griffin help viewers understand the scientific concepts underlying iron oxidation, magnetism and thermodynamics - and many more!
David receives Joining and Welding Science Award
Stan David, retired scientist and Corporate Fellow Emeritus at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was awarded the Joining and Welding Science Award from the Joining and Welding Research Institute at Osaka University, Japan.
SRF Operations Earns Certification to Ensure Customer Satisfaction
Jefferson Lab's Superconducting Radiofrequency Operations team builds parts for accelerators around the world. Now, the team has achieved certification for its quality management system, signifying that the system meets the rigorous standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in its ISO 9001: 2015 standard.
Direct air capture technology licensed to Knoxville-based Holocene
An innovative and sustainable chemistry developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide from air has been licensed to Holocene, a Knoxville-based startup focused on designing and building plants that remove carbon dioxide from atmospheric air.
Advincula Receives Netzsch NATAS Fellows Award
Rigoberto Advincula, a renowned scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Tennessee, has won the Netzsch North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) Fellows Award for 2023.
Critical Decision-3A Clears Way Toward Standard Model Test
The U.S. Department of Energy has given the greenlight for the MOLLER experiment to begin procurement of key components with its granting of Critical Decision-3A (CD-3A): Approve Long Lead Procurements. The determination allows the MOLLER project at Jefferson Lab to begin spending $9.14 million for long-lead procurements of critical items for which designs are complete. The MOLLER collaboration formed in 2006, and more than 100 physicists from more than 30 institutions are now involved. MOLLER will make a measurement of the electron's weak charge that is five times more precise than any before. The electron's weak charge is essentially how much influence the weak force exerts on the electron.
Axions whisper, but can you hear them? FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers think so
Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are working with scientists from the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on a U.S. Department of Energy project to develop particle detectors that are sensitive enough to find these particles. The research, funded by a $350,000 grant, is part of a greater effort by the Department of Energy to explore the development of superconducting quantum detectors.
Early career scientist wins prestigious Hungarian physics award
Laszlo Horvath, an early career physicist at PPPL, is the winner of the 2022 Karoly Simonyi Memorial Plaque from the Hungarian Nuclear Society.
DOE Announces $46 Million for Commercial Fusion Energy Development
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $46 million in funding to eight companies advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants, representing a major step in President Biden's commitment to a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade. Fusion reactions power the stars, and research is underway to make fusion energy production on Earth possible, providing an abundant, inherently safe, non-carbon-emitting energy source for the planet. This funding from the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program will solidify U.S. leadership in fusion commercialization, a gamechanger that would help the United States meet the President's goal of reaching a net-zero economy by 2050.
Argonne's Jordi Roglans-Ribas claims second Secretary's Honor Award
Decades-long commitment to advancing peaceful nuclear energy and national security is lauded by U.S. Department of Energy.