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Math primes high-performance computing for the age of AI

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

To overcome high-performance computing bottlenecks, a research team at PNNL proposed using graph theory, a mathematical field that explores relationships and connections between a number, or cluster, of points in a space.

Firsthand fieldwork: ORNL scientists establish monitoring in at-risk coastal ecosystem

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As a biogeochemist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Matthew Berens studies how carbon, nutrients and minerals move through water and soil. In this firsthand account, Berens describes recent fieldwork in Louisiana with colleagues to better understand key processes in coastal ecosystems.

New AI model aims to plug key gap in cybersecurity readiness

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers have knitted together three large databases of information to help cybersecurity experts detect and prevent attacks.

Meeting: IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security

A first step to designing better solid-state batteries

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers from Argonne and Northeastern University in Boston characterized reactions in all-solid-state lithium batteries.

Journal: ACS Energy Letters

Liz Laudadio is developing durable materials for clean energy

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Liz Laudadio, a Walter Massey Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, describes their research aimed at coatings to prevent corrosion of materials in settings like nuclear reactors.

Paul Romatschke: Then and now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Paul Romatschke is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a fellow at the Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, also at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Separations technology critical to converting biomass to low-carbon biofuel

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

BETO Bioprocessing Separations Consortium spotlights projects from three-year work period.

Drones fly low and slow for radiation detection

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers explore the feasibility of using low-flying drones to survey sites for low levels of radiation.

Funder: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

First SuperCDMS detector towers journey from SLAC to SNOLAB

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The first pair of towers are now at the Ontario facility, where they'll further the hunt for dark matter particles.

Kate Keahey breaks new ground in computer science

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne computer scientist Kate Keahey has built multiple application projects popularizing the use of cloud computing.

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