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5-Mar-2021
Aaron S. Chou: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner
DOE/US Department of Energy
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Aaron Chou developed the Holometer experiment to measure noise (unwanted data on a transmitted signal) more precisely. He now develops equipment for ultrasensitive dark matter detection and quantum information science devices.
5-Mar-2021
DOE invests $24 million to advance transformational air pollution capture
DOE/US Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $24 million for research into technology that captures carbon emissions directly from the air, replicating the way plants and trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2).
22-Feb-2021
Adjusting the dance tunes the melt
DOE/US Department of Energy
Many chemical processes require liquids as solvents, but the liquids often vaporize and release hazardous emissions in the process. Ionic liquids offer a solution because they have low volatility but can have melting points too high for practical use. New research used molecular simulations and experiments to demonstrate how changing the structure of ionic liquids changes their melting point.
22-Feb-2021
New artificial membranes enable better understanding of membrane proteins
DOE/US Department of Energy
The cell membrane is the wall-like outer layer consisting primarily of lipids and proteins that separates the inside of a cell from its surrounding environment. Scientists have now used X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to develop a disc-shaped artificial membrane that shows how proteins can exhibit different properties when embedded in membranes with different lipid compositions.
22-Feb-2021
New phenomena for the design of future quantum devices
DOE/US Department of Energy
Research has shown that the topology of the electronic states in a Weyl semimetal can leave fingerprints on their phonon properties. This happens because of a type of electron-phonon interaction called the Kohn anomaly that impacts how electrons screen phonons through a material. This instability can lead to new electronic properties in materials.
18-Feb-2021
Envisioning the future of fusion energy and plasma research
DOE/US Department of Energy
Based on input from the fusion and plasma research community, the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee has put forth a new vision and goal. Based on decades of advances in fusion research, they propose working to launch an economically-viable pilot fusion power plant by the 2040s.
10-Feb-2021
Department of Energy to invest $25M in polymer upcyling, plastic waste reuse research
DOE/US Department of EnergyGrant and Award Announcement
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to invest $25 million in fundamental science to lay the groundwork for technology that finds reuses for plastic waste, makes strides toward addressing the global plastic waste crisis, and reduces the climate impacts of plastic production.
5-Feb-2021
Timothy Bertram: Then and now / 2011 Early Career Award winner
DOE/US Department of Energy
Timothy Bertram of the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison is studying the role atmospheric chemistry plays in regulating concentrations of air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and aerosol particles.
4-Feb-2021
Designer polymers created from peptide bundles promise super-strong future materials
DOE/US Department of Energy
New computer design methods pave the way for scientists to design and assemble bundles of peptides with specific size, shape, and display characteristics. Scientists can then link these customizable building blocks, called bundlemers, to produce a huge array of polymers.