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19-Dec-2024

Changes in store for atmospheric rivers

National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than residents in more northerly locations like Seattle

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy

19-Dec-2024

Plasma heating efficiency in fusion devices boosted by metal screens

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have performed computer simulations confirming a technique that prevents the production of unhelpful electromagnetic waves, boosting the heat put into fusion plasma.

Journal: Physics of Plasmas
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

17-Dec-2024

Physicists ‘bootstrap’ validity of string theory

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

String theory remains elusive as a “provable” phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant step forward in validating string theory by using an innovative mathematical method that points to its “inevitability.”

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

17-Dec-2024

Rubisco's role in food and energy security

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an invited Tansley Review, CABBI researchers discuss strategies to increase Rubisco content as part of short- and long-term efforts to meet the growing global food demand.

Journal: New Phytologist
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

17-Dec-2024

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

16-Dec-2024

Jefferson Lab dedicates niobium-tin particle accelerator prototype

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab has dedicated the first particle accelerator cryomodule built with niobium-tin components. The quarter cryomodule is the first designed and tested for accelerating an electron beam to 10 MeV or greater energies and marks a major milestone toward the next era of SRF particle accelerators.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

12-Dec-2024

New chemical structures developed at Oregon State show vastly improved carbon capture ability

Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oregon State University researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic in climate change mitigation.

Journal: Chemistry of Materials
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

12-Dec-2024

Berkeley researchers crack open ‘AI-at-scale’ method for chemical science

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed EScAIP, a groundbreaking machine-learning method that accelerates atomistic simulations by improving model scalability. This approach reduces memory usage by more than fivefold and delivers results over ten times faster than current models.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: NeurIPS 2024