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9-Jun-2021
Soot particles vary in how they soak up the sun
DOE/US Department of Energy
Soot in the atmosphere absorbs sunlight, warming the Earth's atmosphere. This analysis shows that soot particles' shape and composition can vary significantly. This creates discrepancies between real-world observations and predictions from models. This research used measurement and modeling to provide a framework that explains variation in atmospheric soot.
9-Jun-2021
DOE awards $54 M to 235 US small businesses developing clean energy and climate solutions
DOE/US Department of Energy
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 235 small businesses, across 42 states, will receive $54 million in critical seed funding for 266 projects that are developing and deploying proof-of-concept prototypes for a wide range of technological solutions needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
9-Jun-2021
Labeling the thale cress metabolites
DOE/US Department of Energy
: Plants synthesize thousands of metabolites that help them adapt to their environments. Mass spectrometry can detect and measure metabolites in a sample, but this is difficult with complex samples. One solution is to add labeled chemicals to a sample. This research developed an easy-to-use computational tool that locates labeled chemicals, simplifying analysis.
8-Jun-2021
DOE announces $6.4 million for research on international fusion energy facilities
DOE/US Department of Energy
Today, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6.4 million in funding for US scientists to carry out seven research projects at two major fusion energy facilities located in Germany and Japan.
7-Jun-2021
DOE announces $1 million in funding for privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research
DOE/US Department of Energy
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1 million for collaborations in privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research. The aim of this funding is to bring together researchers from the DOE National Laboratories and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly develop new flagship datasets and privacy-preserving methods and algorithms to improve healthcare.
7-Jun-2021
Machine learning system improves accelerator diagnostics
DOE/US Department of Energy
A machine learning system is helping operators resolve routine faults at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF). The system monitors the accelerator cavities, where faults can trip off the CEBAF. The system identified which cavities were tripping off about 85% of the time and identified the type of fault about 78% of the time.
2-Jun-2021
Department of Energy selects 32 students for prestigious computational fellowships
DOE/US Department of Energy
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 32 outstanding undergraduate and graduate students across the nation to receive the prestigious DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, jointly managed by the Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
1-Jun-2021
DOE to provide $2 million for studies to accelerate evaluation of novel isotopes for medical trials
DOE/US Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $2 million in new funding to support translational research and development (R&D) of novel, medically relevant isotopes to accelerate evaluation for usage in pre-clinical and clinical trials.
28-May-2021
New technique studies the structure of exotic hadrons
DOE/US Department of Energy
Scientists don't know how exotic hadrons with a larger number of quarks are structured--are they tightly bound hadrons or a compound of two hadrons similar to molecules? Now, scientists have developed a new technique to identify the nature of the χc1(3872, a four-quark hadron. This is the first time scientists have discovered the structure of a particle by observing how it interacts with nearby particles.