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Send in the drones: INL unmanned aerial program offers independent testing and prototyping

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Ever since the Wright brothers innovated in the back of their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, aviation has been, at heart, a nuts-and-bolts endeavor. For all the sophisticated equipment Idaho National Laboratory’s Unmanned Aerial Systems team has at its disposal for testing high-tech cameras, radios and sensors, there is still a lot of gearhead ingenuity involved.

JPMorgan Chase is newest partner in Q-NEXT quantum research collaboration

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

JPMorgan Chase, one of the most established financial institutions in the world and the largest bank in the United States, has become a member of the Q-NEXT quantum research center.

Lab experiments support COVID-19 bradykinin storm theory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A new paper published in Nature Communications adds further evidence to the bradykinin storm theory of COVID-19’s viral pathogenesis — a theory that was posited two years ago by a team of researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Journal: Nature Communications

Cracking the secrets to earthquake safety, one shake simulation at a time

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A new experimental facility that replicates realistic earthquakes in the laboratory, paired with the world’s fastest supercomputers, will help scientists and engineers design and retrofit shake-resilient buildings and infrastructure across the U.S.

Researchers at SLAC use purified liquid xenon to search for mysterious dark matter particles

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

An enormous vat of pure liquid xenon will help scientists at SLAC and around the globe learn more about the universe.

Quantum chemistry finds a new path on quantum devices

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have devised a new quantum algorithm to compute the lowest energies of molecules at specific configurations during chemical reactions, including when their chemical bonds are broken.

Journal: Physical Review Research

What they did this summer: Perspectives from five Open Quantum Initiative undergraduate fellows

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

This summer, five undergraduates conducted Q-NEXT research as part of the Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship program. In this Q&A, they share their research experiences and aspirations.

New US reports illuminate clean energy supply chain challenges and opportunities

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers recently contributed to new Department of Energy reports aimed at securing America’s clean energy supply chain and minimizing potential disruptions.

A new way to predict droughts

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers have created a new metric that uses temperature instead of precipitation deficits to predict and identify droughts, especially flash droughts.

Journal: Scientific Reports

Researchers look for concrete answers to decades-old art mystery

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

X-rays from Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source could help illuminate the contents of artist Wolf Vostell’s Concrete Book. The answer may change the way this artist’s work is studied and presented.