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Department of Energy announces $22 million to advance particle accelerator technology for science, medicine, security, and industry

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $22 million for efforts to advance particle accelerator technology for medical, security, energy, and industrial applications.

Adding ozone lowers the heat for biofuel combustion

DOE/US Department of Energy

Studying low temperature chemistry (LTC) aids in understanding how internal combustion engines burn fuel. Fuel ignition is a complex two-step process that affects how engines produce harmful emissions. One way to make an LTC reaction faster is to inject ozone into a system. This study examined the use of ozone injection with methyl hexanoate to broaden understanding of LTC and potentially reduce harmful emissions.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Fungal recyclers: Fungi reuse fire-altered organic matter

DOE/US Department of Energy

Wildfires destroy and alter carbon in forests. The remaining carbon can be difficult for many organisms to consume. New research shows that one type of fungi thrives after wildfires because it has genes that allow it to feed on carbon altered by fires. The research helps to explain how carbon returns to the food web after a fire.

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Squeezing the noise out of microscopes with quantum light

DOE/US Department of Energy

Even the best laser has “quantum noise” that makes images from microscopy blurry and hides details. This results in measurements that are less precise than scientists need. Researchers have designed a new type of microscope that uses quantum squeezed light to reduce measurement uncertainty, enabling a 50 percent improvement in the sensitivity of a specific scientific measurement.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Department of Energy announces $18 million for research to advance particle accelerator technology

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $18 million for research and development (R&D) in accelerator science and technology for nuclear physics research.

Scientists use DNA to assemble complex nanomaterials

DOE/US Department of Energy

Researchers see great potential in DNA for its ability to direct the assembly of a wide range of customized artificial materials. Scientists have developed a way to design and assemble nanoscale DNA objects that can host nanoparticles and link them together into complex structures. Researchers recently extended this approach to include the tunable construction of complex 1, 2 and 3-dimensional structures.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

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 1 cycle.

For clues to neutron stars, scientists probe lead nuclei’s thin neutron skin

DOE/US Department of Energy

Light nuclei typically contain close to an equal number of protons and neutrons, but as nuclei get heavier, they need more neutrons than protons to remain intact. These extra neutrons tend to stick to the outer edges of heavy nuclei in a kind of neutron-rich “skin.” A recent experiment made the most direct observation of this skin to date in lead nuclei and measured its thickness as 0.28 femtometers.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Alexandre M. Tartakovsky: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Supported by his 2011 Early Career Research Program award, Alexandre Tartakovsky developed modeling methods. The models explain how mass spreads from highly concentrated areas to less concentrated areas and the interactions of several fluids.

Making designer crystals? It’s easier with a new targeted particle bonding strategy

DOE/US Department of Energy

Making Designer Crystals? It’s Easier with a New Targeted Particle Bonding Strategy, BES: Crystals made from colloids are valuable for applications from batteries to catalysts. Scientists have sought ways to assemble these crystals into larger structures using bonding methods that operate in targeted directions, but this approach is challenging. A new strategy exploits the ability to create precise regions with specific chemical and physical properties on the surface of the crystal particles.

Journal: Nature Materials

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