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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Sep-2025 21:11 ET (15-Sep-2025 01:11 GMT/UTC)

Stopping off-the-wall behavior in fusion reactors

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

New experimental results suggest that sprinkling boron into a tokamak could shield the wall of the fusion vessel and prevent atoms from the wall from getting into the plasma. A new computer modeling framework shows the boron powder may only need to be sprinkled from one location. The experimental results and computer modeling framework will be presented this week at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics in Atlanta.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics

Jefferson Lab physicists named APS Fellows

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grant and Award Announcement

Four Jefferson Lab staff members have been named 2024 American Physical Society Fellows.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, American Physical Society

‘Neutron Nexus’ brings universities, ORNL together to advance science

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

ORNL has launched the Neutron Nexus pilot program with Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Florida State University. The first-of-its-kind program aims to expand outreach with key universities, colleges and minority-serving institutions to advance science through neutron scattering research.

International clean energy initiative launches global biomass resource assessment

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

A multi-country, government-led initiative dedicated to advancing the global transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy, unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing groundbreaking data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Quantum research paves the way toward efficient, ultra-high-density optical memory storage

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have proposed a new optical memory technology using rare-earth elements and quantum defects for energy-efficient, high-density data storage.

Journal: Physical Review Research

Department of Energy announces up to $500 million for basic research to advance the frontiers of science

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $500 million in funding for basic research in support of DOE’s clean energy, economic, and national security goals.

Energy Department awards new contract to manage and operate Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a new contract to manage and operate Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) located in Batavia, IL. The award was the result of a DOE competition for the management and operating (M&O) contract for the laboratory. The successful offeror is Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC (FFDG). The FFDG team is comprised of four entities: the University of Chicago (UChicago), Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA), Amentum Environment & Energy, Inc. (Amentum), and Longenecker & Associates (L&A).

Kate Petersen Mace selected as High Performance Data Facility Project Director

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility announced today that Kate Petersen Mace has been named the project director for the High Performance Data Facility (HPDF) a first-of-its-kind project that will provide resources for data-intensive science.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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