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Department of Energy announces $5 million for research to develop new models for bio-preparedness

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $5 million in funding for research to advance the development of tools that effectively use real-world data—disparate data that is often difficult to readily integrate—into new models (e.g., epidemiology or therapeutic development) in support of bio-preparedness and response studies.

DOE announces $70 million to improve supercomputer model of earth's climate system

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $70 million in funding for seven projects that will improve climate prediction and aid in the fight against climate change. The research will be used to accelerate development of DOE’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM), enabling scientific discovery through collaborations between climate scientists, computer scientists, and applied mathematicians. Data from this model will enhance scientists’ understanding of climate change, which will be crucial to furthering President Biden’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad.

Garret Suen: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Garret Suen is an associate professor of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, who is researching how herbivores use the microbes in their stomachs to break down cellulose into smaller molecules that can be converted into biofuels and bioproducts.

Scientists take control of magnetism at the microscopic level

DOE/US Department of Energy

Atoms in magnetic materials are organized into regions called magnetic domains. Within each domain, the electrons have spins that point in the same direction. Researchers have developed a magnetic material whose thickness determines whether the walls between domains have the same or alternating spin chirality, or handedness. This study demonstrates a way to change the rotational direction and occurrence of domain wall pairs, a finding that could lead to technologies based on spintronics.

Journal: Nano Letters

DOE announces $540 million for technologies to transform energy production and cut emissions

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $540 million in awards for university- and National Laboratory-led research into clean energy technologies and low-carbon manufacturing. Most greenhouse-gas emissions come from the production and use of energy, so building strong scientific foundations for reducing emissions across the energy lifecycle is crucial to meeting President Biden’s goal of creating a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

Tiny chip-based device performs ultrafast X-ray manipulation

DOE/US Department of Energy

A new X-ray optics device based on optical microelectromechanical systems can harness extremely fast X-ray pulses in a device orders of magnitude smaller and lighter than conventional devices used to regulate X-ray probes. The ultrafast X-ray optics could be essential for experiments on ultra-high-speed phenomena at synchrotron particle accelerators and will help researchers study fast-evolving chemical, material, and biological processes.

Journal: Optics Express

Real-time evaluation of residual strain improves 3D printed metal parts

DOE/US Department of Energy

Metal parts made using laser-based additive manufacturing (AM) can have residual strain resulting from rapid heating and cooling during printing. Annealing parts after printing reduces the strain but can cause unwanted structural changes. Researchers used neutron diffraction and neutron imaging to measure strain and determine optimal annealing for metal AM parts.

Journal: Additive Manufacturing

Department of Energy announces $8 million for research on climate and earth system model development and analysis

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $8 million in funding for 10 projects in Earth and environmental system modeling research. Awards will focus on further development of DOE’s flagship Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) and studies that improve the predictive understanding of the climate and Earth system.

DOE’s Office of Science is now accepting applications for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) awards

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2022 Solicitation 2 cycle. Applications are due 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.

Superatomic magnetic cluster opens the door to new nanomaterials

DOE/US Department of Energy

Magnetic materials are essential to applications including data storage, cell phones, motors, and sensors. Researchers have synthesized a new, extremely small, thermally stable magnetic nanoparticle based on the principle of superatoms. The superatom structure groups electronic states in electron shells. This translates into a nanoparticle with high stability and a large spin magnetic moment.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

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