14-Aug-2024 Manard chosen for Society of Applied Spectroscopy’s Lester W. Strock Award DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Grant and Award Announcement Benjamin Manard, an analytical chemist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the 2024 Lester W. Strock Award from the Society of Applied Spectroscopy.
14-Aug-2024 Department of Energy Office of Science accepting applications, offering workshops for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) awards DOE/US Department of Energy Grant and Award Announcement Current U.S. Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science are invited to apply for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program.
14-Aug-2024 Revealing the mysteries within microbial genomes DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication A new technique developed at Berkeley Lab will make it much easier for researchers to discover the traits or activities encoded by genes of unknown function in microbes, a key step toward understanding the roles and impact of individual species within the planet’s diverse microbiomes. Journal Nature Communications
13-Aug-2024 Grid Storage Launchpad at PNNL opens new era in energy storage DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Business Announcement The Grid Storage Launchpad will enable researchers to accelerate and validate new battery materials and systems.
13-Aug-2024 The mother of all motion sensors DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Peer-Reviewed Publication For the first time, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have used silicon photonic microchip components to perform a quantum sensing technique called atom interferometry, an ultra-precise way of measuring acceleration. It is the latest milestone toward developing a kind of quantum compass for navigation when GPS signals are unavailable. Journal Science Advances
13-Aug-2024 Tuskan named DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Grant and Award Announcement Gerald A. Tuskan, a Corporate Fellow and director of the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, or CBI, at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as a DOE Distinguished Scientist Fellow, one of the highest honors bestowed by the agency’s Office of Science for outstanding scientific leadership and research community engagement.
12-Aug-2024 Ships now spew less sulfur, but warming has sped up DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication New findings document fewer ship tracks, reduced cloud cover, and boosted warming after ship emissions regulations took effect in 2020. Journal Geophysical Research Letters
12-Aug-2024 Six Argonne projects receive R&D 100 Awards DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Grant and Award Announcement Six Argonne projects won one of America’s most prestigious awards related to technology development and commercialization.