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Newswise: U.S. Department of Energy awards Argonne National Laboratory $4 million for energy-efficient microchip research
Released: 23-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
U.S. Department of Energy awards Argonne National Laboratory $4 million for energy-efficient microchip research
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne awarded $4 million to research new materials to develop energy-efficient microchips.

Newswise: UT-Battelle donates $186,000 to support SEEED’s green construction program
Released: 21-Feb-2024 9:10 AM EST
UT-Battelle donates $186,000 to support SEEED’s green construction program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s managing contractor, UT-Battelle, presented a donation of $186,000 to Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development, or SEEED, to support the nonprofit’s third green solar home as part of their Green Construction Program.

Newswise: KIER’s Success in the Development of the World's Top-level Semi-transparent Perovskite Solar Cells.
Released: 21-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
KIER’s Success in the Development of the World's Top-level Semi-transparent Perovskite Solar Cells.
National Research Council of Science and Technology

KIER has achieved advancements in the stability and efficiency of semi-transparent perovskite solar cells.

Newswise: These Tiny Power Converters Run on Vibrational Energy
Released: 20-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
These Tiny Power Converters Run on Vibrational Energy
University of California San Diego

Scientists at the University of California San Diego and CEA-Leti have developed a ground-breaking piezoelectric-based DC-DC converter that unifies all power switches onto a single chip to increase power density. This new power topology, which extends beyond existing topologies, blends the advantages of piezoelectric converters with capacitive-based DC-DC converters.

Released: 20-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $61 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling $61 million for small businesses in 17 states. The 50 projects funded by DOE’s Office of Science include the development of advanced scientific instruments, advanced materials, and clean energy conversion and storage technologies that will conduct climate research and advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of a net-zero emissions economy.

   
Newswise: Collegiate cyber defenders shine in CyberForce Program’s inaugural Conquer the Hill — Command Edition competition
Released: 20-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Collegiate cyber defenders shine in CyberForce Program’s inaugural Conquer the Hill — Command Edition competition
Argonne National Laboratory

More than 75 college students competed to test their skills in the fundamentals of IT and cybersecurity infrastructure in the DOE CyberForce Program’s inaugural Conquer the Hill — Command Edition competition.

Newswise: Media Tip: A new blueprint for designing high-performance batteries
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: A new blueprint for designing high-performance batteries
Argonne National Laboratory

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have discovered an intriguing ​“cooperative” behavior among components in batteries that points to an exciting new approach to designing next-generation technologies. The team found that combining two different types of anions, negatively charged ions, with cations, positively charged ions, can significantly improve the overall battery’s performance.

Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: An ingredient in toothpaste may make electric cars go farther
Argonne National Laboratory

An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory scientists have discovered a fluoride electrolyte that could protect a next generation battery against performance decline.

Newswise: Media Tip: Previously unknown pathway to batteries with high energy, low cost and long life
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: Previously unknown pathway to batteries with high energy, low cost and long life
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory scientists have discovered a new pathway to enhance lithium-sulfur batteries, addressing their major drawback of short lifetimes. The discovery, published in Nature, reveals a previously unknown reaction mechanism that overcomes rapid performance decline in lithium-sulfur batteries.

Newswise: Media Tip: Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S, Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory researchers have invented and patented a new cathode material that could pave the way for eco- and budget-friendly electric vehicles. The material is inspired by earlier work at Argonne that led to the lithium-ion batteries in the Chevy Volt and Bolt. It could help the supply of low-cost and abundant elements for electric vehicle batteries.

Newswise: Large-capacity ultra-low temperature chiller for industrial use opens the era of “zero GWP”
Released: 20-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Large-capacity ultra-low temperature chiller for industrial use opens the era of “zero GWP”
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The KIMM has succeeded in conducting the cooling test of a large-capacity ultra-low temperature (hereinafter referred to as ULT) Turbo-Brayton cooling system using a zero GWP refrigerant.

Newswise: It's the spin that makes the difference
Released: 20-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST
It's the spin that makes the difference
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Biomolecules such as amino acids and sugars occur in two mirror-image forms – in all living organisms, however, only one is ever found. Why this is the case is still unclear. Researchers at Empa and Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have now found evidence that the interplay between electric and magnetic fields could be at the origin of this phenomenon.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

The study, published in 'One Earth', is the first to analyse the interplay of electrification and hydrogen in EU climate neutrality scenarios at greater sectoral detail.

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.

Newswise: Fair Play for Data: Researchers Develop Practical FAIR Principles for Data Sets
Released: 16-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Fair Play for Data: Researchers Develop Practical FAIR Principles for Data Sets
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Researchers studying complex phenomena such as the Higgs boson must work with massive experimental data sets. To help, researchers have defined practical FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles for data and applied the principles to an open simulated tktk from CERN. FAIR will help humans and computers use large data sets, enable modern computers to process these data sets, and aid the development of artificial intelligence tools.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Jim Robo, former chairman and CEO of NextEra Energy, to join Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
Mayo Clinic

Jim Robo, a private investor and former chairman and CEO of NextEra Energy, Inc. and NextEra Energy Partners, LP, was elected to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting on February 16.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
A climate-friendly way to capture carbon dioxide in the air
Ohio State University

In a new study, researchers have developed a method for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, powered by clean and relatively inexpensive geothermal energy.

Newswise: Electrons screen against conductivity-killer in organic semiconductors
Released: 15-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Electrons screen against conductivity-killer in organic semiconductors
University of Utah

Scientists uncover the physics driving dopant and polymer interactions that boost conductivity in organic materials.

Newswise: ORNL study projects geothermal heat pumps’ impact on carbon emissions and electrical grid by 2050
Released: 15-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
ORNL study projects geothermal heat pumps’ impact on carbon emissions and electrical grid by 2050
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A modeling analysis led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory gives the first detailed look at how geothermal energy can relieve the electric power system and reduce carbon emissions if widely implemented across the United States within the next few decades.

Newswise: A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been
Released: 15-Feb-2024 1:15 PM EST
A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists discover that ions hopping through a battery electrolyte can reverse direction in response to a jolt of voltage and briefly return to their previous positions – .the first indication that the ions remembered, in a sense, where they had just been.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
UC Irvine researcher co-authors ‘scientists’ warning’ on climate and technology
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 15, 2024 – Throughout human history, technologies have been used to make peoples’ lives richer and more comfortable, but they have also contributed to a global crisis threatening Earth’s climate, ecosystems and even our own survival.

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: Seminal Study Sheds Light on Cell Mitochondria
Released: 14-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Seminal Study Sheds Light on Cell Mitochondria
Stony Brook University

A collaborative effort led by Stuti Sharma, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Stony Brook University, resulted in a promising study toward a better understanding of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase.

Newswise: Physicist helps set the U.S. priorities for investing millions in particle physics
Released: 14-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Physicist helps set the U.S. priorities for investing millions in particle physics
Iowa State University

As part of a panel of 32 physicists, Iowa State's Amanda Weinstein helped set the priorities for the country's particle physics research agenda.

Newswise: Researcher working to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts
Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:30 AM EST
Researcher working to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts
West Virginia University

A West Virginia University urban forester is developing a method — with the help of artificial intelligence — to identify trees at risk of falling on power lines and causing blackouts.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
How AI and Wearable Technologies Are Transforming Medicine
Cedars-Sinai

Imagine a world in which the digital watch on your wrist tracks not only your step count, but also your blood sugar, heart rate, blood pressure and respiration.

   
Newswise: Conversion process turns greenhouse gas into ethylene
Released: 11-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Conversion process turns greenhouse gas into ethylene
University of Cincinnati

Engineers at the University of Cincinnati created a more efficient way of converting carbon dioxide into valuable products while simultaneously addressing climate change.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
End of nuclear secrecy? Underground weapon tests 'now detectable with 99% accuracy'
Royal Astronomical Society

Secret underground nuclear tests could now be a thing of the past thanks to a major scientific breakthrough in ways to identify them.

Newswise: Haran and Saif elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Haran and Saif elected to the National Academy of Engineering
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Kiruba Haran, who is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the Grainger Endowed Director’s Chair in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics, and Taher Saif, the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor in mechanical science and engineering, were elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Newswise: Testing the Evolution of the Universe with Galaxy Clusters
Released: 8-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Testing the Evolution of the Universe with Galaxy Clusters
Department of Energy, Office of Science

100 billion – there are at least that many stars in our Milky Way. It seems like an unimaginable number. Yet astrophysicists study structures in our universe that are far bigger than galaxies alone.

Newswise: Argonne, Achates Power break new ground developing hydrogen-powered engine for decarbonizing long-haul commercial vehicles
Released: 8-Feb-2024 9:45 AM EST
Argonne, Achates Power break new ground developing hydrogen-powered engine for decarbonizing long-haul commercial vehicles
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists demonstrate potential of opposed-piston engine powered by zero-carbon hydrogen

Newswise: ORNL's Jason DeGraw named ASHRAE Fellow
Released: 7-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
ORNL's Jason DeGraw named ASHRAE Fellow
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, or ASHRAE, selected Jason DeGraw, a researcher with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as one of 23 members elevated to Fellow during its 2024 winter conference.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Getting to know the ​‘ghost’ inside batteries
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers have shed important new light on what the early signs of battery failure look like.

Newswise: Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
University of California, Riverside

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest — breaking down the plant matter

Newswise: Enrichment of anchoring sites by introducing supramolecular halogen bonds for the efficient perovskite nanocrystal LEDs
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Enrichment of anchoring sites by introducing supramolecular halogen bonds for the efficient perovskite nanocrystal LEDs
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The location and type of ligand anchoring on the perovskite nanocrystal surface are critical to the nanocrystal morphology, size, bonding patterns, adsorption-desorption processes, and overall stability, optoelectronic properties, etc.

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: UTEP Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology
Released: 6-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
UTEP Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology
University of Texas at El Paso

A group of researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso are behind an emerging lithium extraction technology that won the inaugural Hill Prize from the Texas Academies of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
New water-focused innovation engine aims to turn waste into wealth for Great Lakes region 
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne will help a new water-focused innovation engine funded by the National Science Foundation to drive economic development in the Great Lakes region by finding new ways to recover clean water, energy and valuable materials from wastewater.

Newswise: Ammonia attracts the shipping industry, but researchers warn of its risks
Released: 5-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Ammonia attracts the shipping industry, but researchers warn of its risks
Chalmers University of Technology

Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonisation, can instead create entirely new problems. This is shown in a study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where researchers carried out life cycle analyses for batteries and for three electrofuels including ammonia.

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.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Magnesium Protects Tantalum, a Promising Material for Making Qubits
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that shows great promise for building qubits, the basis of quantum computers.

Newswise: Four PPPL staff members selected for prestigious DOE leadership training programs
Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Four PPPL staff members selected for prestigious DOE leadership training programs
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Four Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory staff members will participate in prestigious U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) leadership training programs.

Newswise: Development of eco-friendly and low-energy self-regenerative fiber material to recover valuable metals from industrial wastewater.
Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:00 AM EST
Development of eco-friendly and low-energy self-regenerative fiber material to recover valuable metals from industrial wastewater.
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that Dr. Jae-Woo Choi's team at the Water Resource Cycle Research Center has developed a fiber-like metal recovery material that can recover metal ions in water by adsorbing and crystallizing the metal, and the recovered metal crystals can desorb and regenerate themselves.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Big oil companies continue to expand fossil fuel extraction worldwide
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Despite the growing social and political discourse in favor of energy transition and the greening of the industry, big oil companies continue to rely almost exclusively on fossil fuels to perpetuate their function of obtaining and concentrating energy.

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Released: 1-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Binghamton battery project named one of 10 NSF Innovation Engines in the nation
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Binghamton University, State University of New York's role as a national leader in battery innovation and manufacturing received a multimillion-dollar investment Monday when the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) designated Upstate New York as one of 10 inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore’s popular Science on Saturday lecture series returns to Las Positas College
Released: 1-Feb-2024 12:30 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore’s popular Science on Saturday lecture series returns to Las Positas College
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) popular lecture series, “Science on Saturday,” returns Feb. 3 and runs through Feb. 24. The series offers four different lectures with the theme, “Magic of Materials.”



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