Fishing for muons in a pion sea: 2024 JSA Postdoctoral Prize Winner Debaditya Biswas aims to harness the power of machine learning to reveal a new method for accurately detecting muons in challenging environments. jlab.org/news/releases/…

“The future of science depends on having a wide spectrum of thought, and to achieve that, we need scientists from a variety of backgrounds.” - Arturo Dominguez @ppplab. The lab ran 2 programs this summer to introduce students to the lab & its internships: pppl.gov/news/2024/path…

Are you a contract specialist who is passionate about supporting businesses? Our Consolidated Service Center is looking to hire a Contract Specialist to support the Office of Grants and Cooperative Agreements: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOE…

Goodbye, Summit! Attendees gathered on the final day of the 2024 OLCF User Meeting to sign a piece of Oak Ridge Lab's Summit #supercomputer. After almost 6 years providing over 200 million node hours to researchers around the world, Summit will be decommissioned in November.

Bioproducts could cut our need for fossil fuels. But it’s hard to extract them from plant lignin, the largest renewable source of a key material. Researchers Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) & UW–Madison have engineered a single bacterium that extracts two key chemicals: energy.gov/science/ber/ar…

“The demand for high-performance, low-cost, and sustainable energy storage devices is on the rise.” - Shirley Meng The University of Chicago. She's leading a new DOE national hub focused on research that will tackle some of the biggest challenges with batteries: pme.uchicago.edu/news/departmen…

#PicOfTheWeek: While plants rely on some microbes for essential services, other microbes threaten their health. Researchers used tools Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) to study the evolutionary back-and-forth between plants' defense systems and the invading microbes: energy.gov/science/articl…

Are you a social scientist who specializes in broadening participation in scientific fields? We're looking for a program manager to manage our initiatives focused on advancing inclusive excellence in the research we support: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOE…

In a low-energy fusion reaction, neutrons and protons flow between nuclei. Research from scientists Fisk University & Vanderbilt University explored the dynamics involved in this flow. It has implications in areas ranging from fusion power to nucleosynthesis: energy.gov/science/np/art…

Our researchers are working with colleagues Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a DOE Office of Science user facility operated by MSU, to develop a first-of-its-kind magnet that promises to improve the facility's performance and extend its capabilities. Berkeley Lab U.S. Department of Energy atap.lbl.gov/news/niobium-t…

Nanocellulose - a form of the natural fiber cellulose - can be an astonishing eight times stronger than steel. Researchers Oak Ridge Lab used OLCF to develop a new method to process this plant-based material. It lowered energy use by 21%: ornl.gov/news/molecular…

Are you a scientist with expertise in environmental compliance and waste management activities? We're looking for a physical scientist for our Oak Ridge National Laboratory Site Office. Apply today! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOE…

When it comes to quantum computing, defects are a good thing—they’re the basis for qubits. Researchers The University of Chicago & MICCoM Center at Argonne National Lab used simulations to understand how atomic defects form in silicon carbide, a key semiconductor material: energy.gov/science/bes/ar…

We recently announced $188 M in support for 10 Energy Frontier Research Centers, which will conduct basic research to advance energy technologies and support the next generation scientific workforce, as reported in ExecutiveGov: executivegov.com/2024/09/10-ene…

What will a future fusion power plant look like? PPPL director Steven Cowley discussed a new design from a U.K. team for a fusion power plant with Science Magazine: science.org/content/articl…

In an important step for cancer therapy, researchers measured the bonding interactions of radium with oxygen in an organic molecule for the first time. This result from scientists Oak Ridge Lab provides useful info to design future radium-based treatments: energy.gov/science/ip/art…

Fusion technology is accelerating quickly. PPPL director Steven Cowley writes in the Washington Post about how artificial intelligence is bringing us closer to commercialization of fusion power: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Describing the newest tools Argonne National Lab requires some seemingly over-the-top language. But words like "massive" and "giant" only give a glimpse into the power of the Aurora supercomputer and the upgraded Advanced Photon Source, as covered by Eyewitness News: abc7ny.com/videoClip/argo…

Soil microbes usually consume volatile organic compounds. During droughts, they release more compounds into the air than they would normally. This finding by scientists University of Arizona, Joint Genome Institute, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) & partners shows how drought adds to climate change: energy.gov/science/ber/ar…

Usually when we think of seeds, we think of plants. But clouds also grow from "seeds" - particles that cloud droplets form around. As part of her work with ARM News, Coty Jen Carnegie Mellon University studies the precursor gases that evolve into cloud seeds: asr.science.energy.gov/news/program-n…