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    Department of Energy Invests $1 Million in Artificial Intelligence Research for Privacy-Sensitive Datasets

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1 million for a one-year collaborative research project to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms for biomedical, personal healthcare, or other privacy-sensitive datasets.

    Department of Energy Invests $16 Million in Data-Intensive Scientific Machine Learning Research and Analysis

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $16 million for five collaborative research projects to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms for enabling scientific insights and discoveries from data generated by computational simulations, experiments, and observations.

    Department of Energy Announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2022

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is accepting proposals for the 2022 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers.

    Department of Energy Announces $7.6 Million for Plasma Science Research

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $7.6 million to support nine frontier plasma science projects at five different DOE National Laboratories.

    Argonne scientists receive Department of Energy funding for microelectronics research

    Argonne scientists receive Department of Energy funding for microelectronics research

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded nearly $54 million to 10 new microelectronics research projects. Scientists Supratik Guha and Valerie Taylor at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory will lead two of these projects.

    DOE Invests $13.7 Million for Research in Data Reduction for Science

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.7 million in funding for nine research projects that will advance the state of the art in computer science and applied mathematics.

    DOE Awards $30M to Secure Domestic Supply Chain of Critical Materials

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $30 million in funding for 13 national lab and university-led research projects to develop new technologies that will help secure the supply of critical materials that build clean energy technologies.

    Cao receives Young Investigator Award from American Chemical Society

    Cao receives Young Investigator Award from American Chemical Society

    Pengfei Cao, a polymer chemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been chosen to receive a 2021 Young Investigator Award from the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society.

    DOE Announces $26 Million to Advance Chemical and Materials Sciences with Data Science

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $26 million in funding to harness cutting-edge research tools for new scientific discoveries fundamental to clean energy solutions.

    Department of Energy Announces $17.5 Million for Particle Accelerators for Science & Society and Workforce Training

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $17.5 million in funding for advanced research projects in particle accelerator science and technology as well as university-based traineeships that will build a diverse, skilled pipeline of American scientists and engineers in the fields of high energy physics accelerators and instrumentation.

    U.S. Department of Energy Announces $54 Million to Increase Energy Efficiency in Microelectronics Technologies

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $54 million for 10 new projects led by DOE's National Laboratories to increase energy efficiency in microelectronics design and production.

    Department of Energy Invests $2.8 Million for Novel Research in High-Performance Algorithms

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $2.8 million for six research projects to develop faster and more efficient ways to apply high-performance computing for scientific discoveries.

    Three Argonne projects receive DOE funding for breakthroughs in quantum information science

    Three Argonne projects receive DOE funding for breakthroughs in quantum information science

    Three Argonne projects have received DOE funding to lay the groundwork for future breakthroughs in quantum information science.

    DOE awards $1.2M to Argonne and Northwestern to maximize scientific data sent over 5G network

    DOE awards $1.2M to Argonne and Northwestern to maximize scientific data sent over 5G network

    DOE funding to Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University will be used to help researchers maximize the scientific data that can be sent over 5G networks.

    Postdoc Picks at the Three-Particle Problem

    Postdoc Picks at the Three-Particle Problem

    Andrew Jackura wants to know what we're made of. Now, as the winner of the 2021 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Postdoctoral Prize, he'll get the chance to find out. Jackura is a postdoctoral research scientist at Old Dominion University and a scientific user at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. His research focuses on the strong nuclear force, the fundamental force responsible for keeping all ordinary matter in the universe together, including us.

    ORNL's Peter Fuhr elected fellow of the International Society of Automation

    ORNL's Peter Fuhr elected fellow of the International Society of Automation

    Peter Fuhr, leader of the Grid Communications and Security Group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a 2021 fellow of the International Society of Automation, or ISA.

    Rob Sheneman, an experienced leader, is named head of Environment, Safety and Health

    Rob Sheneman, an experienced leader, is named head of Environment, Safety and Health

    Rob Sheneman, a 27-year employee of PPPL who was deputy director of Environment, Safety & Health and head of Environmental Services, has been named head of the department.

    Thesis Prize Winner Targets a Proton Puzzle

    Thesis Prize Winner Targets a Proton Puzzle

    The proton was discovered just over a hundred years ago and has been intensely studied ever since. Yet, there's still more to learn about this important building block of the visible universe. Now, work toward a better understanding of the proton carried out at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has earned Weizhi Xiong the 2020 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Thesis Prize.

    DOE Announces $37 Million to Small Businesses for Climate, Energy and Scientific R&D

    In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to build the American economy back better, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a plan to provide $37 million for small businesses pursuing climate and energy research and development (R&D) projects as well the development of advanced scientific instrumentation through a funding opportunity announcement (FOA).

    Ruben Fair, Accomplished Engineering Expert, to Lead PPPL's ITER Projects Team

    Ruben Fair, Accomplished Engineering Expert, to Lead PPPL's ITER Projects Team

    The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory announced that accomplished engineer Ruben Fair, has been named head of the ITER Department, heading PPPL's ITER Team, which is focused on the design and fabrication of six diagnostics for the international fusion experiment.

    Argonne, New York Power Authority Plan for the Future in a Changing Climate

    Argonne, New York Power Authority Plan for the Future in a Changing Climate

    Argonne and the New York Power Authority are collaborating to determine how the utility's infrastructure may be affected by extreme weather and other hazards.

    Department of Energy Announces $15.1 Million for Integrated Computational and Data Infrastructure for Science Research

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $15.1 million for three collaborative research projects, at five universities, to advance the development of a flexible multi-tiered data and computational infrastructure to support a diverse collection of on-demand scientific data processing tasks and computationally intensive simulations.

    Verizon and Zurich Instruments Join Q-NEXT National Quantum Science Center

    Verizon and Zurich Instruments Join Q-NEXT National Quantum Science Center

    Q-NEXT adds two new corporate partners to its collaboration: Verizon and Zurich Instruments. Q-NEXT, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center led by Argonne, aims to develop the technology to control and transmit quantum information.

    PPPL Physicist Erik Gilson Joins Secretary of Energy in Panel Discussion on DOE Internships

    PPPL Physicist Erik Gilson Joins Secretary of Energy in Panel Discussion on DOE Internships

    PPPL physicist Erik Gilson, a long-time Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship mentor, joins U.S. Secretary of Energy Jannifer Grandholm and other mentors and former interns on a panel discussion about the U.S. Department of Energy's internship programs

    Department of Energy to Provide $100 Million for High Energy Physics Research

    Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science announced a plan to provide $100 million over the next four years for university-based research on a range of high energy physics topics through a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA).