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8-May-2023
RHIC gets ready to smash gold ions for Run 23
DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
The start of this year’s physics run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) also marks the start of a new era. For the first time since RHIC began operating at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2000, a brand new detector, known as sPHENIX, will track what happens when the nuclei of gold atoms smash into one another at nearly the speed of light. RHIC’s STAR detector, which has been running and evolving since 2000, will also see some firsts in Run 23.
8-May-2023
X-ray beams help researchers learn new tricks from old metals
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
From a nanoscale grain of platinum, researchers made a first step in developing a tool that enables them to characterize the materials with a new level of detail, ultimately producing the best materials for the hydrogen production and use.
- Journal
- Nano Letters
5-May-2023
New tools to combat Chicago’s changing climate
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne and Northeastern Illinois University launched instruments to measure Chicago’s changing climate. These sensors are the first for the Argonne-led Urban Integrated Field Laboratory called Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS).
4-May-2023
A new look at the electric vehicle supply chain as battery-powered cars hit the roads en masse
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Researchers at Argonne have published a series of reports that look at how production of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries for cars are reshaping the transportation sector, with impacts ranging from job creation to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
4-May-2023
Using math to map social connections
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Mike Brzustowicz and his team are using a mathematical principle and Sandia’s computing capabilities to probe the mysteries of connections between people and things, and create a predictive measure for everything from energy grid resiliency to A.I.
3-May-2023
Zhaodi Pan seeks to uncover the oldest mysteries of the universe
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Zhaodi Pan developed a detector to search for ancient clues in the cosmic microwave background.
2-May-2023
Sustaining US nuclear power plants could be key to decarbonization
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
As the world races to discover solutions for reaching net zero carbon emissions, a PNNL analysis quantifies the economic value of the existing nuclear power fleet and its carbon-free energy contributions.
- Journal
- Nuclear Technology
2-May-2023
Cybersecurity goes undercover to protect electric grid data
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Inspired by one of the mysteries of human perception, an ORNL researcher invented a new way to hide sensitive electric grid information from cyberattack: Within a constantly-changing color palette.
2-May-2023
Let’s get cracking: Sandia scientists detect gases from fractured rock
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Geoscientists have detected specific gases being released from fractured rocks in real time after a series of small chemical explosions set underground. This fundamental research, led by Sandia National Laboratories geoscientist Steve Bauer, could one day improve the prediction of earthquakes or detection of underground explosions.