Quest, PPPL's annual research magazine, reports breakthroughs and discoveries during the past year
News release announcing online publication of the research magazine Quest.
Matthew Kunz, Princeton and PPPL astrophysicist, receives prestigious NSF dual-purpose award
Profile of recipient of five-year NSF award to study the evolution of astrophysical magnetic fields and establish a summer school to attract women and underrepresented minorities to plasma physics.
CIO Amber Boehnlein Takes Computing up a Notch
Computer scientists, software developers and system administrators are coming together under one roof in the newly established Computational Sciences and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Amber Boehnlein, Jefferson Lab's chief information officer, has been promoted to associate director for computational sciences and technology, heading up the new division.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Welcomes Six New Research Fellows to Innovation Crossroads
Oak Ridge National Laboratory welcomed six technology innovators to join the fourth cohort of Innovation Crossroads, the Southeast's only entrepreneurial research and development program based at a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory.
PNNL Waives Fee to Test-Drive Portfolio of Intellectual Property
To help spur economic development and assist in the battle against COVID-19, PNNL is making available its entire portfolio of patented technologies on a research trial basis--at no cost--for six months.
Jefferson Lab Graduate Student Researchers Receive DOE Awards
Three graduate students have gotten a financial boost from DOE to conduct research at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The students have received supplemental research awards from the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.
Groundbreaking University of Maryland Physicist Wins Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship to Bring Her Mathematical Skills to PPPL
Article profiles standout doctoral graduate who has developed a unique mathematical means to facilitate the development of stellarator fusion facilities.
Argonne to Collaborate with Raytheon Technologies to Accelerate Aircraft Engine Design
This new agreement will dramatically improve and reduce the computational expense of fluid dynamics models. Both partners aim to improve the design and durability of engine components.
Brookhaven Lab Names Project Director for Electron-Ion Collider
The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has named Jim Yeck as Project Director for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a one-of-a-kind nuclear physics research facility to be built at the Laboratory over the next decade in partnership with scientists from DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).
Argonne's Mitch Farmer honored for addressing challenges to U.S. nuclear energy industry
Nuclear engineer Mitch Farmer has been selected as a fellow by the American Nuclear Society for his work to improve light water reactor development, design and safety.
Lehigh University graduate student wins DOE award to conduct thesis research at PPPL
Article profiles Vincent Graber, his research interests and thesis plans.
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Lograsso named Critical Materials Institute Director
Dr. Thomas Lograsso has been named director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Materials Institute (CMI) at Ames Laboratory.
Renowned scientist to head new research for plasma applications in industry and quantum information science
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has appointed David Graves, an internationally known chemical engineer, to head a new research enterprise that will explore plasma applications in semiconductor manufacturing and the next generation of super-fast quantum computers.
Argonne physicist Giulia Galli earns two top honors for outstanding research and leadership
Galli elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
Brookhaven Biochemist Receives Prestigious Award for Plant Lipid Research
Jantana Keereetaweep, a biochemistry research associate in the biology department at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been awarded the Paul K. Stumpf Award for her research on plant lipids (fats and oils). The award, given every two years, recognizes the contributions of a promising early-career scientist in honor of Stumpf, who was a world leader and pioneer in the study of plant lipid biochemistry.
ORNL's Brian Post named SME Young Engineer of the Year
Brian Post, a researcher in large-scale additive manufacturing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME).
Fourth cohort of 6 innovators selected for Chain Reaction Innovations program
Six new innovators will be joining Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the elite program's fourth cohort.
Graduate student at PPPL Ian Ochs wins top Princeton University fellowship
Graduate student in plasma physics at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has won a highly selective honorific fellowship from Princeton University.
U.S. Department of Energy's INCITE program seeks proposals for 2021
The INCITE program is now seeking proposals for high-impact, computationally intensive research projects that require the power and scale of DOE's leadership-class supercomputers.
Argonne's Paul Dickman honored with nuclear waste management achievement award
Paul Dickman has been named a Waste Management Symposium Fellow for 2020.
Using Fiber Optics to Advance Safe and Renewable Energy
Fiber optic cables, it turns out, can be incredibly useful scientific sensors. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have studied them for use in carbon sequestration, groundwater mapping, earthquake detection, and monitoring of Arctic permafrost thaw. Now they have been awarded new grants to develop fiber optics for two novel uses: monitoring offshore wind operations and underground natural gas storage.
Brookhaven Lab's Lijun Wu Receives 2020 Chuck Fiori Award
For the past 20 years, Wu has been advancing quantitative electron diffraction to study batteries, catalysts, and other energy materials.
Jefferson Lab Temporarily Suspends Operations
In an effort to minimize the risk to the Jefferson Lab workforce and in keeping with recommendations from national, state, and local authorities, the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is temporarily suspending operations.
Department of Energy to Provide $60 Million for Science Computing Teams
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $60 million to establish multidisciplinary teams to develop new tools and techniques to harness supercomputers for scientific discovery.
Fermilab, UNICAMP and Sao Paulo Research Foundation collaborate on major international projects for neutrino research
Under a new agreement, the University of Campinas and the Sao Paulo Research Foundation will play important roles in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab.