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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jun-2026 20:16 ET (16-Jun-2026 00:16 GMT/UTC)

New perspective highlights promise of hybrid approach for cellulosic biofuel production

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The rapid pace of global climate change has added urgency to developing technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of transportation technologies, especially in sectors that are difficult to electrify. In response, researchers collaborating through the Center for Bioenergy Innovation make the case that scientific advances support a hybrid approach using biological and catalytic methods for producing cellulosic biofuel for use in airplanes, ships and long-haul trucks.

Journal: Energy & Environmental Science

A new “Fitbit” for fish spills secret life of fish

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new fitness tracker that’s very much like a ‘Fitbit for fish’ is revealing new information about fish health and behavior.

Let the sun shine: Argonne technology enhances solar option during outages

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Technology developed at Argonne National Laboratory optimizes solar energy to keep microgrids operating for up to five days, offering critical backup during outages.

Internal realignment positions Argonne for maximum applied science impacts

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Two new research restructures have been developed at Argonne National Laboratory.

New technology to power radiographic imaging for national security

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

In the cutting-edge science of national security, where a fast-evolving understanding of materials and physical processes is critical to applications, a middle-aged technology is at the center of the action.

CBI early career program develops next generation of bioenergy leaders

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Participants in the Early Career Development program at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory relate their experience as both scientists and mentees, learning how to manage a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research project.

Xipeng Shen: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

By shortening simulation times and reducing energy consumption, techniques developed by North Carolina State professor Xipeng Shen are accelerating scientific research using supercomputers.

Bioenergy scientists discover genetic pathway for better biofuel processing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of researchers working with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered a pathway to encourage a type of lignin formation in plants that could make the processing of crops grown for products such as sustainable jet fuels easier and less costly.

Journal: Science Advances

Spero Renewables 'taps' Idaho National Laboratory

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Recently, researchers at Spero Renewables, a California-based green technology company, tapped into Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Technical Assistance Program to work with researchers at the Biomass Feedstocks National User Facility. The program provides U.S.-based small businesses with access to INL experts and unique capabilities at no cost. Spero is using environmentally friendly practices to manufacture renewable chemicals from plant-based materials.

Truman and Hruby 2022 fellows explore their positions

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Truman and Hruby postdoctoral fellows at Sandia National Laboratories are given extraordinary latitude to pursue their own ideas, rather than being trained by fitting into the research plans of more experienced researchers. To give wings to this concept, the four annual winners — two for each category – are 100 percent pre-funded for three years. This enables them, like bishops or knights in chess, to cut across financial barriers, walk into any group and participate in work by others that might help illuminate the research each has chosen to pursue.