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Game-changing quantum chemistry calculations on frontier earn Gordon Bell Prize

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers led by the University of Melbourne, Australia, are winners of the Association for Computing Machinery’s 2024 Gordon Bell Prize in supercomputing for conducting a quantum molecular dynamics simulation 1,000 times greater in size and speed than any previous simulation of its kind. Using Frontier, the world’s most powerful supercomputer, the team calculated a system containing more than 2 million correlated electrons.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research

Accessing the lesser known nucleon

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New results published in Physical Review Letters describe a first-time glimpse of the internal structure of the neutron thanks to the development of a special, 10-years-in-the-making detector installed in Experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Argonne plays critical role in assessing small modular reactor applications to rebuild a clean economy in post-war Ukraine

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Small modular reactors could play key role in rebuilding a clean economy in post-war Ukraine. Argonne scientists will assess the emerging technology in new research.

New DESI results weigh in on gravity

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history. Their observations line up with what Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts.

Thermochemical tech shows promising path for building heat

DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according to researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Journal: Applied Energy

Spinning fusion fuel for efficiency

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new method to increase fusion-fuel efficiency would involve aligning the quantum spin of deuterium and tritium and changing the mix of the two fuels. The approach could boost tritium-burn efficiency by up to 10 times, reducing tritium needs and lowering fusion system costs. The technique could lead to safer, more compact fusion systems, making fusion energy more practical and affordable.

Journal: Nuclear Fusion

New program aims to BRIDGE gap in solar

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratrories is collaborating with Red Cloud Renewable to train Native American women in photovoltaic panel installation. Native American women are significantly underrepresented in the solar installation field, making up just 0.05% of the industry, according to Red Cloud Renewable.

How microbes create the most toxic form of mercury

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SLAC’s SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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