Feature Stories
Pioneering partnership opens doors to a new generation of engineers
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryIn a pioneering partnership, Argonne, the DOE Packaging Certification Program, the University of Nevada, Reno, and other DOE national labs are helping to meet demand for new expertise in nuclear packaging by offering a novel graduate certificates program that trains future leaders in the field.
Small business test promising new battery at INL
DOE/Idaho National LaboratoryThe high energy density of lithium-sulfur batteries could lead to lighter, smaller batteries that can last longer on a single charge. Cogent Energy Systems, a small business in eastern Idaho, applied their technology — carbon nano-onions — to lithium-sulfur batteries as the sulfur host to improve the battery cycling performance.
A novel crystal structure sheds light on the dynamics of extrasolar planets
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryScientists uncover a new crystal structure of a mineral in extrasolar planets using Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesWhy are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a predictable manner.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
Argonne introduces Safe Zone training during Pride Month to advance allyship, inclusion for LGBTQIA+ employees
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryThe first Safe Zone Project workshop at Argonne focuses on allyship with more vital topics to help increase communication, safety and bias-free inclusion in the workplace for LGBTQIA+ employees.
Bo Peng ensures quantum computers don’t ‘bring in da noise’
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryA profile of Bo Peng, a scientist at PNNL working on error correction for quantum computing. He is a collaborator with Q-NEXT, one of the DOE National QIS Research Centers.
Exploring new materials through collaboration
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryMaterials Scientist Jim De Yoreo guides a team that develops novel materials and understands how they form through collaboration and mentorship.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
Andreas Kemp: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
DOE/US Department of EnergyAt Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Andreas Kemp studies the interaction of intense, extremely short laser pulses with matter. This new field of research studies extreme nuclear physics reactions at rates far higher than those of current accelerator experiments.
Microbes enhance resilience of carbon-rich peatlands to warming
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryScientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that certain bacteria increase the climate resilience of Sphagnum moss, the tiny plant responsible for storing a third of the world’s soil carbon in peat bogs. Heat tolerant microbes transfer that protection to the plants, helping them survive climate warming.
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- New Phytologist
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- DOE/US Department of Energy