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How particles of light may be producing drops of the perfect liquid

DOE/US Department of Energy

Underground at the Switzerland-France border, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN holds the record for the world’s largest particle accelerator. Its ring alone is nearly 17 miles around. With this tool, scientists smash together subatomic particles to help them better understand the tiny building blocks of the universe. One area that scientists use the LHC to study is the quark-gluon plasma.

Spherical powders enable new applications for metals

DOE/US Department of Energy

A newly developed process transforms large, irregular chunks of metal elements into uniform spherical particles that act like tiny ball bearings rolling past one another. This allows solid metals to be handled like a liquid. This process, the AMAZEMET rePowder® ultrasonic metal atomization process, works equally well for most metallic elements and their alloys.

Journal: EPJ Web of Conferences

Department of Energy announces $19.5 million for integrated biological and computational low dose radiation research

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $19.5 million in funding over three years for 14 projects on low-dose radiation – studying the cellular and molecular responses to doses of radiation that are at or near lower exposure limits.

An improved domino chain for sustainable methanol synthesis

DOE/US Department of Energy

Transforming carbon monoxide into an energy dense liquid fuel is hard to accomplish in a single step, so researchers instead use multi-step reactions. Recently, scientists improved this multi-step process by using recyclable organic reductants. They also identified two key intermediates in the transformation of carbon monoxide to methanol. These advances provide for a domino-style cascade of reactions for generating fuel.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Breaking barriers in scientific discovery

DOE/US Department of Energy

A billion-billion floating point operations per second–that’s the power of exascale. The first exascale computer in the world, Frontier, resides at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. The DOE’s Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research program has worked for decades to build supercomputers that break barriers in scientific discovery.

DOE announces $10 million to support climate resilience centers across America

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

To support vulnerable communities responding to continued and extreme climate effects, the Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $10 million in funding for innovative Climate Resilience Centers (CRCs) in 10 different states. University-led research teams will leverage the world class modeling, data and research capabilities from DOE national laboratories customized for their local regions with a focus on climate prediction of weather hazard risks to better prepare communities. The CRCs are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative and are designed to ensure that all Americans are benefitting from scientific research.

Scientists characterize shale cap rocks at tiny scales

DOE/US Department of Energy

Shale has complex chemical and physical characteristics that make fluid flow through rock extremely complex and difficult to both measure and model. Researchers are now building new tools to examine, characterize, and simulate shale, especially shale cap rock. This work aids efforts at geological carbon storage, the storage of alternative fuels, and the extraction of oil and gas.

Journal: Physics of Fluids

Students and faculty to join research teams this fall  at Department of Energy National Laboratories and a Fusion Facility

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

A diverse group of 151 undergraduate students and eight faculty will participate in unique workforce development programs at 12 of the nation’s national laboratories and a fusion facility during Fall 2024.  

Department of Energy Office of Science accepting applications, offering workshops for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) awards

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Current U.S. Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science are invited to apply for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program.  

“Mirror” nuclei help connect nuclear theory and neutron stars

DOE/US Department of Energy

Scientists face challenges in their understanding of nuclei. For instance, they have not connected the description of the size of nuclei with the theory of the strong nuclear force, and it is not clear if theories of atomic nuclei can provide a reliable description of nuclear matter. In this research, scientists precisely measured the radii of stable and unstable silicon isotopes to help answer these questions.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

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