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    Delgado-Aparicio Appointed to National Fusion Advisory Committee

    Delgado-Aparicio Appointed to National Fusion Advisory Committee

    He has been named a member of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, which advises the director of the United States Office of Science on complex scientific and technical matters related to America's fusion energy sciences research program.

    Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Billion From Inflation Reduction Act to Strengthen America's National Laboratories

    The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced $1.5 billion from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act to build and upgrade America's national laboratories.

    Collegiate Students Fired Up to Protect Virtual Solar Facility From Cyberattack

    Collegiate Students Fired Up to Protect Virtual Solar Facility From Cyberattack

    Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand. The Department of Energy tasks Argonne National Laboratory with challenging and inspiring college-age students to compete against one another to outsmart cyberattackers in a simulated threat scenario.

    ORNL's Vasudevan elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

    ORNL's Vasudevan elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

    Rama Vasudevan, a research scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, or APS.

    ORNL's Sheng Dai named Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow

    ORNL's Sheng Dai named Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow

    Sheng Dai, a Corporate Fellow and section head at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected by the DOE Office of Science as a 2023 Distinguished Scientist Fellow.

    Luisella Lari Joins Brookhaven Lab as Electron-Ion Collider Project Manager

    Luisella Lari Joins Brookhaven Lab as Electron-Ion Collider Project Manager

    The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has named Luisella Lari as Project Manager for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC)--a one-of-a-kind nuclear physics research facility that will offer a closer look at the building blocks of matter--effective Oct. 3, 2022.

    Chi-Chang Kao to Step Down as SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Director

    Chi-Chang Kao to Step Down as SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Director

    Chi-Chang Kao has decided to return to research after serving 10 years as director of the Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He will continue in the lab director role until a replacement is found.

    Blaine Mooers Wins 2022 Lytle Award for Decades of Synchrotron Leadership and RNA Research

    Blaine Mooers Wins 2022 Lytle Award for Decades of Synchrotron Leadership and RNA Research

    Blaine Mooers, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, has won this year's Farrel W. Lytle Award for advancing synchrotron science and RNA editing research at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The annual award recognizes dedicated staff members and users of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a DOE Office of Science user facility.

    Setting a New Course for All About Energy, a Data-Driven Program for Chicago High School Students

    Setting a New Course for All About Energy, a Data-Driven Program for Chicago High School Students

    All About Energy challenges high school students from across Chicago to research data and raise awareness of environmental justice issues that affect local communities.

    Department of Energy Announces Two 2022 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows

    Department of Energy Announces Two 2022 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows

    The Department of Energy (DOE) announced two national laboratory scientists as DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows. This honor, authorized by the America COMPETES Act, is bestowed on national laboratory scientists with outstanding records of achievement. The award provides each Fellow with $1 million over three years to support activities that develop, sustain, and promote scientific and academic excellence in DOE Office of Science research.

    Energy Secretary Breaks Ground on New Isotope Facility at ORNL

    Energy Secretary Breaks Ground on New Isotope Facility at ORNL

    U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Stable Isotope Production and Research Center. The facility is slated to receive $75 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. The facility on ORNL's main campus will produce stable isotopes on a large scale, meeting the nation's increasing demands for isotopes needed in medicine, industry, science and national security.

    Secretary Granholm Breaks Ground on Isotope Research Center to Advance Life-Saving Medical Applications and Strengthen America as a Global Scientific Leader

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, today held a groundbreaking for the Stable Isotope Production and Research Center (SIPRC), which will expand the nation's capability to enrich stable isotopes for medical, industrial, and research applications.

    Entrepreneurship Program at Argonne National Laboratory Opens Applications for Startups

    Entrepreneurship Program at Argonne National Laboratory Opens Applications for Startups

    Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, is accepting applications for its next fellowship cohort.

    Registration Now Open for Energy Department's National Science Bowl

    Registration is open for the 33rd National Science Bowl(r) (NSB), hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Thousands of students compete in the contest annually as it has grown into one of the largest academic math and science competitions in the country.

    Racing Company Licenses Innovative ORNL Fast-Charging Battery Technologies

    Racing Company Licenses Innovative ORNL Fast-Charging Battery Technologies

    Marc-Antoni Racing has licensed a collection of patented energy storage technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The technologies focus on components that enable fast-charging, energy-dense batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles and grid storage.

    Three Brookhaven Lab Physicists Named Fellows of American Physical Society

    Three Brookhaven Lab Physicists Named Fellows of American Physical Society

    Three physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS).

    PPPL physicist wins awards for two fusion projects

    PPPL physicist wins awards for two fusion projects

    Physicist Stefano Munaretto of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has received leadership roles in two DOE three-year awards.

    DOE's Office of Science Is Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2023 Undergraduate Internships

    Applications are currently being accepted for the Summer 2023 term of two undergraduate internship programs offered by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program and the Community College Internships (CCI) program. The application deadline is January 10, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. EST.

    DOE's Office of Science Expands Program for Faculty Historically Underrepresented in STEM

    Applications are currently being accepted for the Summer 2023 term of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science's Visiting Faculty Program (VFP). The application deadline is January 10, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

    Department of Energy Announces $47 Million for Research at Tokamak and Spherical Tokamak Facilities

    Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $47 million to U.S. scientists conducting experimental research in fusion energy science at tokamak and spherical tokamak facilities in the U.S. and around the globe. The awards support research that aims to close gaps in the science and technology basis for the tokamak approach to fusion energy. These awards will help support the Biden Administration's decadal vision to accelerate fusion as a clean energy technology.

    Brookhaven Lab Names John C. Gordon Chemistry Division Chair

    Brookhaven Lab Names John C. Gordon Chemistry Division Chair

    John C. Gordon has been named Chemistry Division Chair at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective Sept. 12, 2022.

    Morse and Roberts Win W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for Muon g-2 Experiment

    Morse and Roberts Win W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for Muon g-2 Experiment

    William M. Morse of the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Bradley Lee Roberts of Boston University will receive the American Physical Society's 2023 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics for their leadership of the muon g-2 experiment at Brookhaven Lab and its role in sparking a worldwide search for new physics.

    JLab Welcomes New Experimental Hall Leader

    JLab Welcomes New Experimental Hall Leader

    The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has appointed Patrick Carsten Achenbach as the new leader of Jefferson Lab's Experimental Hall B. The appointment comes after an international search.

    Department of Energy Announces $6.4 Million for Artificial Intelligence Research in High Energy Physics

    Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6.4 million in funding for three initial Department of Energy national lab-led team projects in artificial intelligence research for high energy physics. These awards support the DOE Office of Science (SC) 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.

    DOE Funds Pilot Study Focused on Biosecurity for Bioenergy Crops

    DOE Funds Pilot Study Focused on Biosecurity for Bioenergy Crops

    The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science has selected Brookhaven National Laboratory to lead a new research effort focused on potential threats to crops grown for bioenergy production. Understanding how such bioenergy crops could be harmed by known or new pests or pathogens could help speed the development of rapid responses to mitigate damage and longer-term strategies for preventing such harm.