Feature Articles

DOE Basic Energy Sciences 2023 “Poetry of Science Art Contest” aims to educate and inspire; voting for the People’s Choice Award closes September 15.

Nearly 100 interns were introduced to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s biological and environmental research over the summer of 2023 as mentors and students were eager to share knowledge and skills to address the nation’s energy and environmental challenges.

Researchers from Berkeley Lab are co-leading a project to explore the creation of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility that uses cutting-edge technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley.

Past winners include Fortune 500 companies, Department of Energy national laboratories, academic institutions and smaller companies.

To mitigate the risks of living in extreme heat, scientists have developed policy recommendations and free toolkits in collaboration with city, state, and federal agencies and nonprofits to help disadvantaged communities adapt and thrive in a warming climate.

This June, Argonne launched the first Data Science Institute for High School Teachers, helping Chicago teachers learn about and practice data science, which they will apply in their own schools.

Researchers at the Center for High Precision Patterning Science (CHiPPS) in Berkeley, California, could help chip manufacturers make smaller, more powerful microchips and mitigate supply chain disruptions by helping the U.S. design and manufacture the world’s most advanced chips domestically. In a new Q&A, microelectronics expert and CHiPPS Director Ricardo Ruiz shares his perspective on keeping pace with Moore’s Law in the decades to come through a revolutionary technique called extreme ultraviolet lithography.