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12-Dec-2024
US Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Centers celebrate 4-year milestone, look toward future
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
For four years, the five U.S. Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Centers have been expanding what’s possible in quantum. Their work is now captured in a new website, nqisrc.org.
12-Dec-2024
Two paths, many benefits
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryYesterday’s polluting fuel could be transformed into a valuable material for tomorrow’s electric vehicle batteries, thanks to a wide-ranging research project that utilizes expertise spanning the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL researchers created and tested two methods for transforming coal into the scarce mineral graphite, which is used in batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.
12-Dec-2024
Berkeley researchers crack open ‘AI-at-scale’ method for chemical science
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed EScAIP, a groundbreaking machine-learning method that accelerates atomistic simulations by improving model scalability. This approach reduces memory usage by more than fivefold and delivers results over ten times faster than current models.
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy
- Meeting
- NeurIPS 2024
11-Dec-2024
Unveiling the structure of a photosynthetic catalyst that turns light into hydrogen fuel
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and Yale University report the first image of the structure of a biohybrid solar fuel catalyst using cryo-electron microscopy.
- Journal
- Nature Communications