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16-Jun-2021
Department of Energy announces $4 million for isotope R&D
DOE/US Department of Energy
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $4 million in funding for 10 awards across 5 efforts to advance R&D for isotope production. This funding is part of a key federal program that produces critical isotopes otherwise unavailable or in short supply for U.S. science, medicine, and industry.
16-Jun-2021
An ally for alloys
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Machine learning techniques are accelerating the development of stronger alloys for power plants, which will yield efficiency, cost, and decarbonization benefits.
15-Jun-2021
Internships put futures in flight
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL intern Ki Ahn spent this past year as an undergraduate at PNNL gaining hands-on research experience in clean energy storage technologies for vehicles and aviation. Ahn is enrolling in Stanford University this fall to finish his bachelor's degree. With plans to major in mechanical engineering or computer science, he wants to explore how future aircraft technologies can be designed to reduce harmful environmental effects.
15-Jun-2021
Efficient dehumidifier makes air conditioning a breeze
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryNew energy-efficient dehumidifier technology holds promise to reduce energy consumption in residential A/C systems and increase the range of electric vehicles.
15-Jun-2021
Can artificial intelligence open new doors for materials discovery?
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
An Argonne engineer applied a specific type of artificial intelligence to the problem of how to predict material structures by only knowing some of their properties. This first-of-its-kind discovery led to further insights into the long-term durability of nuclear materials.
15-Jun-2021
Project Jupyter: A computer code that transformed science
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A computer code (Project Jupyter) co-developed by Berkeley Lab's Fernando Perez and embraced by the global science community over two decades has been hailed by Nature Magazine as one of "ten computer codes that transformed science."
14-Jun-2021
A keen eye behind the microscope
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL's Dongsheng Li's crystal formation research helped reveal why nanoparticles sometimes self-assemble into five-sided shapes. The discovery will potentially be useful in medical research, electronics, and other applications.
14-Jun-2021
Breaking through with laboratory directed research and development
DOE/US Department of Energy
Meant to foster innovation, the Department of Energy Office of Science's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has supported the development of a number of technologies, including the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing process.
12-Jun-2021
Los Alamos teams with international group to examine spread of infectious disease by migratory birds
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
A multinational effort is underway to understand and control the spread of disease among migratory birds.