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Scientists develop new artificial intelligence method to create material ‘fingerprints’

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray science.

Journal: Nature

Advancing quantum research – DOE inks MOU with Department of Defense

DOE/US Department of Energy
Business Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announce a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing.

Turning agricultural trash to treasure

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels.

¬AI model harnesses physics to autocorrect remote sensing data

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Scientists are using AI to counter the effects of the atmosphere and provide clearer data to satellites, using physics-informed machine learning.

Funder: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Meeting: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

Caught in the actinium

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers grew crystals containing actinium and illuminated them with X-rays to learn how the radioactive metal binds with other elements. That information could help design better cancer treatments.

Journal: Nature Communications

Entrepreneurship program at Argonne announces newest cohort of embedded startup founders

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Five new innovators will join Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne, and develop their startup technologies as part of the elite program’s eighth cohort.

Jump start your science career: DOE applications for 2025 student internships now open

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Applications are currently being accepted for the Spring 2025 term of two programs offered by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC): the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program and the Community College Internships (CCI) program.

Banana fiber provides ’a-peeling’ fodder for undergraduate research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Participants in the SM2ART Research Experience for Undergraduates program got the chance to see what life is like in a research setting. REU participant Brianna Greer studied banana fibers as a reinforcing material in making lightweight parts for cars and bicycles.

Detecting defects in tomorrow’s technology

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from PPPL and the University of Delaware offers an enhanced understanding of common defects in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) — a potential replacement for silicon in computer chips — and lays the foundation for etching smaller features.

Journal: 2D Materials
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, U.S. National Science Foundation

New director appointed to lead U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, today announced that Kim Sawyer will become the new director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, effective Aug. 2. Sawyer will serve as the lab’s fifth director in its 40-year history. In this role, Sawyer will be responsible for leading all activities in support of the world’s premiere research institution for exploring the nature of matter.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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