News Releases

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jun-2025 23:09 ET (17-Jun-2025 03:09 GMT/UTC)

3-Jul-2024

Machine learning could aid efforts to answer long-standing astrophysical questions

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PPPL physicists have developed a computer program incorporating machine learning that could help identify blobs of plasma in outer space known as plasmoids. In a novel twist, the program has been trained using simulated data.

Journal

Earth and Space Science

2-Jul-2024

Optoelectronics gain spin control from chiral perovskites and III-V semiconductors

DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research effort led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has made advances that could enable a broader range of currently unimagined optoelectronic devices.

Journal

Nature

1-Jul-2024

Scientists probe chilling behavior of promising solid-state cooling material

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bridged a knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an emerging technology called solid-state cooling.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy

28-Jun-2024

Elke Arenholz named director of the National Synchrotron Light Source II at Brookhaven Lab

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Elke Arenholz, a renowned scientist known for her expertise in magnetic materials and X-ray spectroscopy, scattering, imaging, and instrument development, has been named director of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), effective August 2024.

26-Jun-2024

Argonne to support new AI for science projects as part of the National AI Research Resource Pilot

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne National Laboratory will support three innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven science projects as part of the first round of awards from the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot.

25-Jun-2024

DOE awards Sandia small business program and local veteran

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy has once again awarded Sandia National Laboratories for its work helping small businesses. One of those businesses, owned by a disabled veteran, was also awarded for its extraordinary work.

25-Jun-2024

Not all calcite crystals are as perfect as they appear

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers used complementary imaging techniques to explore the impact of synthesis approaches on the nanoscopic internal structure of apparently perfect calcite particles, which has implications for contaminant sequestration and carbon storage.

Journal

Advanced Materials

24-Jun-2024

Partridge receives Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Bill Partridge, a recently retired distinguished researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recognized by DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, or VTO, for leading world-class research in transportation throughout his 25-year career. His expertise has guided the development of advanced diagnostic tools that enabled next-generation engines and emissions control systems.