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22-Jul-2024

New software provides advanced grid simulation capabilities

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed new software using electromagnetic transient analysis, a type of electric grid simulation, to speed up calculations that more accurately predict how modern power electronics will affect grid operations. This provides an essential tool for planning, design and operation of the modern power grid as it incorporates new renewable power generation and electric vehicle chargers.

22-Jul-2024

Creating carbon negative materials with ancient microbes

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Our bioproduct experts collaborated with industry to help scale-up a promising microbe-made plastic alternative built from the carbon in methane gas.

22-Jul-2024

Artificial intelligence tools secure tomorrow’s electric grid

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partner institutions have launched a project to develop an innovative suite of tools that will employ machine learning algorithms for more effective cybersecurity analysis of the U.S. power grid.

18-Jul-2024

Free 3D-printing datasets enable analysis, confidence in printed parts

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components. The breadth of the datasets can significantly boost efforts to verify the quality of additively manufactured parts using only information gathered during printing, without requiring expensive and time-consuming post-production analysis.

17-Jul-2024

Ushering in a brilliant future at the Advanced Photon Source

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Dignitaries and luminaries attended a dedication ceremony for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The new facility will open new doors to discovery.

17-Jul-2024

Second “You Belong in Quantum” series highlights unconventional career pathways

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The "You Belong in Quantum" series, hosted by the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), highlights non-traditional career paths in quantum information science (QIS). The second virtual session on April 30 featured diverse speakers discussing their unique journeys into QIS.

17-Jul-2024

In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems.

17-Jul-2024

Game-changing quantum chemistry calculations push new boundaries of exascale Frontier

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers conduct largest, most accurate molecular dynamics simulations to date of two million correlated electrons using Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer. The simulation, which exceed an exaflop using full double precision, is 1,000 times greater in size and speed than any quantum chemistry simulation of it's kind.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research

16-Jul-2024

Champion emerges in US Department of Energy’s 2024 CyberForce® Conquer the Hill® — Reign Edition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Students from 77 colleges and universities raced to escape a five-level virtual escape room filled with cyber and energy-based challenges.

12-Jul-2024

Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In the wet, muddy places where America’s rivers and lands meet the sea, scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are unearthing clues to better understand how these vital landscapes are evolving under climate change.

Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy