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Newswise: Chelsea Chen: Breaking barriers in energy storage
Released: 16-Feb-2024 4:45 PM EST
Chelsea Chen: Breaking barriers in energy storage
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chelsea Chen, a polymer physicist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is studying ion transport in solid electrolytes that could help electric vehicle battery charges last longer.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
U.S. Department of Energy Accepting Nominations for 2025 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a call for nominations for the 2025 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the longest running and most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. government.

Newswise: Results from South Pole Telescope’s new camera emerge
Released: 8-Feb-2024 4:15 PM EST
Results from South Pole Telescope’s new camera emerge
Argonne National Laboratory

A newly published study led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory details early measurements from a new camera at the South Pole Telescope.

Newswise: KIST-LLNL raises expectations for commercialization of high-energy-density all-solid-state batteries
Released: 7-Feb-2024 12:00 AM EST
KIST-LLNL raises expectations for commercialization of high-energy-density all-solid-state batteries
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that a KIST-LLNL joint research team led by Dr. Seungho Yu of the Energy Storage Research Center, Dr. Sang Soo Han of the Computational Science Research Center, and Dr. Brandon Wood of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed a fluorine substituted high-voltage stable chloride-based solid-state electrolyte through computational science.

Newswise: New method monitors grid stability with hydropower project signals
Released: 5-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
New method monitors grid stability with hydropower project signals
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid stability using signals from pumped storage hydropower projects.

Newswise: Revealed: Quantum Entanglement among Quarks
Released: 26-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Revealed: Quantum Entanglement among Quarks
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Collisions of high energy particles produce “jets” of quarks, anti-quarks, or gluons. The quarks can’t be directly detected, but simulations indicate that the jets modify the quantum vacuum and that the produced quarks retain entanglement.

Newswise: Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Released: 24-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne provides graduate students with high-level mentorship and first-hand experience on their theses and STEM journeys

Newswise: Argonne, Sandia scientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Argonne, Sandia scientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Argonne National Laboratory

With support from the Q-NEXT quantum center, scientists leverage nanoscale-research facilities to conduct pioneering precision studies of qubits in silicon carbide, leading to a better understanding of quantum devices and higher performance.

Newswise: New Method for Integrating Electro-Optic Heterointerfaces in MIS Structures for Plasmonic Waveguide Modulation
Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
New Method for Integrating Electro-Optic Heterointerfaces in MIS Structures for Plasmonic Waveguide Modulation
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by Dr. Amr S. Helmy, have developed a new method for integrating electro-optic SiO2/ITO heterointerfaces into MIS structures.

Newswise: RUDN astrophysicist created a new theory of gravity without a conservation law
Released: 18-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN astrophysicist created a new theory of gravity without a conservation law
Scientific Project Lomonosov

An astrophysicist at RUDN University created a new theory of gravity. Unlike standard Einsteinian gravity, it does not require a conservation law. It will eliminate some inconsistencies and increase the accuracy of astrophysical and astronomical research.

Newswise: Radioactivity not invited! Argonne uses heavy ions to quickly and safely produce degradation in nuclear materials
Released: 16-Jan-2024 2:20 PM EST
Radioactivity not invited! Argonne uses heavy ions to quickly and safely produce degradation in nuclear materials
Argonne National Laboratory

ATLAS — the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System — can do even more ​“heavy lifting” for physics and nuclear science than previously thought.

Newswise: Progress in the investigation of ultrafast electron dynamics using short light pulses
Released: 4-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Progress in the investigation of ultrafast electron dynamics using short light pulses
University of Oldenburg

When electrons move within a molecule or semiconductor, this occurs on unimaginably short time scales. A Swedish-German including physicist Dr Jan Vogelsang from the University of Oldenburg has now made significant progress towards a better understanding of these ultrafast processes.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Working with Big Data requires a lot of power! The latest research and features on Supercomputing
Newswise

With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.

       
Released: 20-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2024
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is accepting applications for the 2024 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers.

Newswise: Scientists used large scientific facilities to test the synthesis and characterization of polymeric nitrogen
Released: 13-Dec-2023 8:30 AM EST
Scientists used large scientific facilities to test the synthesis and characterization of polymeric nitrogen
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers summarized the outstanding achievements and research status in the research field of polymeric nitrogen, summarized the important challenges faced in the synthesis and characterization of polymeric nitrogen, and put forward the prospect of the research of polymeric nitrogen.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $137 Million for Research on High Energy Physics
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $137 million in funding for 80 projects in high energy physics. The scope of the research spans the full gamut of topics in experimental and theoretical high energy physics.

Newswise: Rubin Observatory Will Help Unravel Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Released: 11-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Rubin Observatory Will Help Unravel Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy
NSF's NOIRLab

Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time will help scientists map the large-scale structure of the Universe with finer precision than ever before. With Rubin’s wide field of view and high resolution, the subtle distortions of galaxy shapes caused by dark matter will be detectable, allowing scientists to map dark matter and explore its cosmic tug of war with dark energy.

Newswise: Researchers Develop a Novel Method to Study Nuclear Reactions on Short-Lived Isotopes Involved in Explosions of Stars
Released: 11-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Researchers Develop a Novel Method to Study Nuclear Reactions on Short-Lived Isotopes Involved in Explosions of Stars
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The nuclear reactions that power stellar explosions involve short-lived nuclei that are hard to study in the laboratory. Researchers used a combination of methods to measure a reaction where a neutron from a deuterium target is exchanged with a proton from a radioactive projectile, a reaction equivalent to a process in exploding stars.

Released: 9-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
New ‘Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science’ Recommends FRIB Enhancements to Forward the Field
Michigan State University

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, figures largely in the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee’s, or NSAC’s, newly released “A New Era of Discovery: The 2023 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science.” The new plan, released on Oct. 4, provides a roadmap for advancing the nation’s nuclear science research programs over the next decade. It is the eighth long range plan published by NSAC since 1979.

Newswise: Blast away defects with lasers
Released: 4-Oct-2023 7:35 PM EDT
Blast away defects with lasers
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new laser-based process chain has been developed to fabricate fused silica optics. It uses a CO2 laser to ablate the surface of the optics for the precise removal of subsurface mechanical damage.

Released: 25-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
TETI 2.0: Understanding nuclear fuel behavior at the atomic level
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Researchers are getting a closer look at the behavior of nuclear fuel at the atomic level with the Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI) 2.0 technology.

Newswise: New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter
Released: 18-Sep-2023 12:05 AM EDT
New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter
University of Adelaide

A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter.

Released: 13-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $5.8 Million for Research on Nuclear Data Benefitting Nuclear Science and Applications
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $5.8 million in funding for five projects in nuclear data for basic nuclear science and applications.

Newswise: Previously unknown pathway to batteries with high energy, low cost and long life
Released: 7-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Previously unknown pathway to batteries with high energy, low cost and long life
Argonne National Laboratory

With the help of high-resolution imaging techniques in real time, scientists have uncovered a mechanism for improving the electrochemical reactions that occur upon charge and discharge of lithium-sulfur batteries.

Newswise: X-ray Spectral Microscopy Reveals The Active Edges of a Water-Splitting Material
Released: 5-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
X-ray Spectral Microscopy Reveals The Active Edges of a Water-Splitting Material
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is a key process for energy storage. The chemical transitions involved in splitting water require energy, so researchers are designing more efficient new electrodes with energy saving catalytic properties.

Newswise: Researchers use AI to find new magnetic materials without critical elements
Released: 5-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers use AI to find new magnetic materials without critical elements
Ames National Laboratory

A team of scientists from Ames National Laboratory developed a new machine learning model for discovering critical-element-free permanent magnet materials based on the predicted Curie temperature of new material combinations.

Released: 1-Sep-2023 4:40 PM EDT
Hunting for Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe
Ehime University

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) – black holes with masses exceeding a million times that of the Sun – are known to prevail in the universe today.

Newswise: Calculations Predict Surprising Quark Diffusion in Hot Nuclear Matter
Released: 25-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Calculations Predict Surprising Quark Diffusion in Hot Nuclear Matter
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Tracking how high energy jets of quarks travel through the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) can reveal information about the QGP’s properties. Recent theoretical calculations that include non-local quantum interactions in the QGP predict a super-diffusive process that deflects energetic particles faster than previously assumed. The discovery might help explain why the QGP flows like a nearly perfect liquid.

Released: 24-Aug-2023 12:40 PM EDT
European Physical Society Honors Daya Bay Collaboration
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment collaboration, an international team of researchers measuring key properties of ghostlike particles called neutrinos, is a co-recipient of the European Physical Society's (EPS) 2023 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize.

Released: 21-Aug-2023 4:15 PM EDT
Ringing Protons Give Insight into Early Universe
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

An experiment to explore the 3D structures of nucleon resonances – excited states of protons and neutrons -- at Jefferson Lab offers critical insights into the basic building blocks of matter and has added one more puzzle piece to the vast picture of the chaotic, nascent universe that existed just after the Big Bang.

Newswise: Department of Energy grant supports inclusive high energy physics research
Released: 15-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy grant supports inclusive high energy physics research
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory and the Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded funding for a program that aims to generate insights about the universe while expanding diversity in the high energy physics field.

Newswise: Theoretical and Experimental Physics Team Up in the Search for Particle Flavor Change
Released: 11-Aug-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Theoretical and Experimental Physics Team Up in the Search for Particle Flavor Change
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists recently discovered that neutrinos have mass, counter to long-held understanding. This means that neutrinos can change flavor. Now, advances in theory and experiment are helping scientists to determine whether the neutrinos’ charged counterparts—electrons, muons, and tauons—can also change flavor and how future experiments can look for those changes.

Newswise: Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory in search of new physics
Released: 10-Aug-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory in search of new physics
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

Scientists working on Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment released the world’s most precise measurement yet of the magnetic moment of the muon, bringing particle physics closer to the ultimate showdown between theory and experiment that may uncover new particles or forces.

Newswise: Three Argonne scientists receive 2023 DOE Early Career Awards
Released: 9-Aug-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Three Argonne scientists receive 2023 DOE Early Career Awards
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers received three DOE Early Career Awards, which will help early-career researchers establish themselves as experts in their fields.

Newswise: Four Brookhaven Scientists Receive Early Career Research Awards
Released: 4-Aug-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Four Brookhaven Scientists Receive Early Career Research Awards
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Four scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have been selected by DOE's Office of Science to receive significant funding through its Early Career Research Program.

Newswise: Five ORNL scientists to receive DOE Early Career Research awards
Released: 4-Aug-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Five ORNL scientists to receive DOE Early Career Research awards
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Since its inception in 2010, the Early Career Research program bolsters national scientific discovery by supporting early career researchers in fields pertaining to the Office of Science.

Newswise: What Does the Standard Model Predict for the Magnetic Moment of the Muon?
Released: 17-Jul-2023 3:30 PM EDT
What Does the Standard Model Predict for the Magnetic Moment of the Muon?
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

A large number of scientists are working on improving the Standard Model prediction of the value of muon g-2 using new data and new lattice calculations. By measuring and calculating this number to ultra-high precision, scientists can test whether the Standard Model is complete.

Released: 17-Jul-2023 1:10 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $5.25 Million for Research on High Energy Density Plasmas
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science (SC) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced $5.25 million for 11 research projects in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP).

Released: 6-Jul-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $2.2 Million for U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research in High Energy Physics
Department of Energy, Office of Science

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.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 10:55 AM EDT
Using particle showers to scan the interior of structures
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic particles. High-energy muons can easily penetrate several meters of steel or concrete. A team at the German independent research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) seeks to harness the potential of this unavoidable background radiation to view the interior of industrial facilities or structures.

Released: 27-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
DOE and Sweden Sign Joint Implementation Agreement to Increase Scientific Cooperation
Department of Energy, Office of Science

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.

Newswise:Video Embedded yun-liu-wins-faraday-cup-award-for-breakthrough-laser-comb
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Released: 16-Jun-2023 11:05 PM EDT
Yun Liu wins Faraday Cup Award for breakthrough laser comb
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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.

Released: 15-Jun-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Scientists report ‘benchmarks’ for extreme space weather
British Antarctic Survey

High-energy ‘relativistic’ electrons - so-called “killer” electrons - are a major source of radiation damage to satellites and so understanding their patterns of activity is crucial.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-study-describes-unique-jet-structure-of-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-ever
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Released: 7-Jun-2023 2:50 PM EDT
New study describes unique jet structure of brightest gamma-ray burst ever
George Washington University

When scientists detected the gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A on October 9, 2022, they dubbed it the BOAT, or the brightest-of-all-time. Now, scientists studying GRB 221009A describe an unusual structure to the jet of material expelled during the explosion that may explain GRB 221009A’s extreme nature and why its afterglow remained visible for so long after the event.

Newswise: Axions whisper, but can you hear them? FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers think so
Released: 1-Jun-2023 2:20 PM EDT
Axions whisper, but can you hear them? FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers think so
Florida State University

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.

Released: 30-May-2023 4:50 PM EDT
Scientists observe hypernuclei collective flow in heavy-ion collisions
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators in the RHIC-STAR experiment have observed the collective flow of hypernuclei in heavy-ion collisions for the first time.

Released: 8-May-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Galactic bubbles are more complex than imagined, researchers say
Ohio State University

Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the Milky Way galaxy’s center.

Newswise: Scintillating science: FSU researchers improve materials for radiation detection and imaging technology
Released: 8-May-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Scintillating science: FSU researchers improve materials for radiation detection and imaging technology
Florida State University

Professor Biwu Ma from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and his colleagues have developed a new class of materials that can act as highly efficient scintillators, which emit light after being exposed to other forms of high energy radiations, such as X-rays.

Newswise: RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions for Run 23
Released: 8-May-2023 5:00 AM EDT
RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions for Run 23
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The start of this year’s physics run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) also marks the start of a new era. For the first time since RHIC began operating at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2000, a brand new detector, known as sPHENIX, will track what happens when the nuclei of gold atoms smash into one another at nearly the speed of light. RHIC’s STAR detector, which has been running and evolving since 2000, will also see some firsts in Run 23.


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