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DOE's Office of Science expands program for faculty historically underrepresented in STEM research

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Applications are currently being accepted for the Spring 2023 term of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science’s Visiting Faculty Program (VFP). The application deadline is October 5, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Real-time diagnostics for better engines

DOE/US Department of Energy

Researchers used neutrons to see how a new aluminum-cerium alloy behaves under high temperatures and pressures inside an operating internal combustion engine. Researchers fitted an AlCe cylinder head to a commercial engine, then used neutron scattering to see inside the AlCe head and the original material engine block in real time before, during, and after the operation of the engine. This method could aid research on advanced alloys for future engines and other systems.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Department of Energy announces $78 million for research in high energy physics

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $78 million in funding for 58 research projects that will spur new discoveries in high energy physics. The projects—housed at 44 colleges and universities across 22 states—are exploring the fundamental science about the universe that also underlies technological advancements in medicine, computing, energy technologies, manufacturing, national security, and more.

More genome copies in switchgrass linked to more climate flexibility and adaptation

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Roughly half of all flowering plants are polyploid, meaning that they have more than two sets of chromosomes. Scientists believe polyploidy drives adaptation by giving organisms more genetic diversity. This research compared tetraploid (four copies) and octoploid (eight copies) varieties of switchgrass, and found that octoploid switchgrasses are generalists, able to tolerate a broad range of environmental conditions and expand their range into new areas.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOE awards $14 million to improve climate change predictions

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $14 million in funding for 22 projects aimed at improving climate change predictions. As extreme weather events and impacts of climate change continue to escalate, the research projects will advance fundamental scientific understanding of atmospheric processes, ranging from cloud formation to Arctic weather. Expanding the scientific understanding of extreme weather and climate patterns is key to tackling the climate crisis and meeting President Biden’s climate goals like slashing greenhouse-gas emissions.

Department of Energy announces $18.3 Million for research to develop advanced chemical sciences simulation and modeling capabilities

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $18.3 million in funding for eight research projects to advance the development of sophisticated modeling and simulation software for the chemical sciences.

Scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules

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Scientists suggest that water’s so-called “proton quantum effect” may be at the heart of many of the liquid’s strange properties. In this experiment with ultrafast electron diffraction, scientists observed how the hydrogen atoms in water molecules tug and push neighboring molecules when water is excited with laser light. This marks the first time that scientists have directly observed this effect in water.

Journal: Nature

Department of Energy announces first round of FY 2022 Public-Private Partnership Awards to Advance Fusion Energy

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced awards for 18 projects with private industry to enhance collaboration with DOE national laboratories and U.S. universities to overcome challenges in fusion energy development.

‘Extreme’ plants grow faster in the face of stress

DOE/US Department of Energy

To understand how plants respond to environmental stresses, researchers examined the genes regulated by the stress hormone abscisic acid. Specifically, they examined how these genes differ between plants that are sensitive or resistant to high levels of salt in the soil. The study found that stress hormones do not always act as growth inhibiting signals.

Journal: Nature Plants

Sizing up special light to downsize particle accelerators

DOE/US Department of Energy

Particle accelerators can be huge, limiting their deployment in industry and science. Researchers have developed a new technique to measure terahertz light in a way that preserves the correlations between position and time. This may pave the way to smaller particle accelerators.

Journal: Physical Review A

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