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Pioneering new tool will spur advances in catalysis

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Catalysts do several surprising things to assist with daily life – from bread making to turning raw materials into fuels more efficiently. Now, SLAC researchers have developed a way to speed up the discovery process for a promising new class of these helpful substances called single atom catalysts.

Journal: Chemistry - Methods
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

SLAC will play a key role in DOE’s new research centers for advancing next-generation microelectronics

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Funded by the Department of Energy, these centers are part of an effort that brings together national laboratories, universities and industry to invent and accelerate novel microelectronics technologies to operate efficiently or in extreme environments.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Students and faculty to join research teams this spring at Department of Energy National Laboratories and a fusion facility

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

A diverse group of 164 undergraduate students and six faculty will participate in unique workforce development programs at 11 of the nation’s national laboratories and a fusion facility during Spring 2025.

Robert McKeown recognized for a half century of distinguished service

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grant and Award Announcement

For nearly half a century, Robert D. “Bob” McKeown has probed nuclear particles and educated rising generations of physicists. Now, the former deputy director for science at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is being honored for his outstanding career contributions with the 2024 American Physical Society’s Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) Distinguished Service Award.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Microelectronics Science Research Centers to lead charge on next-generation designs and prototypes

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new generation of microelectronics research begins at PNNL.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Department of Energy announces $179 million for Microelectronics Science Research Centers

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $179 million in funding for three Microelectronics Science Research Centers (MSRCs). These three MSRCs will perform basic research in microelectronics materials, device and system design, and manufacturing science to transform future microelectronics technologies. The MSRCs were authorized by the Micro Act, passed in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and complement the activities appropriated under the CHIPS and Science Act at the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, and other agencies.

Biden-⁠Harris administration honors extraordinary American scientists

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration awarded the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award to Héctor D. Abruña, Paul Alivisatos, and John H. Nuckolls for their exemplary contributions to advance efforts to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges, including improving health outcomes, clean energy, and national security.

Hey! Where’s my qubit?

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have for the first time demonstrated a practical way to detect these atom loss for neutral atom quantum computers.

Journal: PRX Quantum

Jefferson Lab devotes $3 million to testing new ideas

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grant and Award Announcement

Jefferson Lab announces its newest slate of projects to receive Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) program funding for 2025. In its 12th year, the LDRD program will split $3 million among 13 different projects.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

DOE’s RENEW initiative to support seven Pathway Summer Institutes for Educators of underrepresented and underserved groups in STEM

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science (SC) will support nearly 85 educators who either teach at schools and community colleges with large populations of students historically underserved and/or underrepresented in STEM or are educators who are from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM through awards for seven Pathway Summer Institutes for Educators at seven national laboratories.

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