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13-Nov-2024

How ‘clean’ does a quantum computing test facility need to be? PNNL scientists show the way

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it.

Journal

PRX Quantum

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Nov-2024

Seiber elevated to IEEE senior member

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Larry Seiber, an R&D staff member in the Vehicle Power Electronics group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. 

7-Nov-2024

Researchers drive solid-state innovation for renewable energy storage

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are developing a formula for success – by studying how a new type of battery fails. The team’s goal is the design for long-term storage of wind and solar energy, which are produced intermittently, enabling their broader use as reliable energy sources for the electric grid. 

Journal

Batteries & Supercaps

6-Nov-2024

Scientists calculate predictions for meson measurements

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Calculations of charge distribution in mesons provide benchmark for experimental measurements and validate widely used 'factorization' method for imaging the building blocks of matter.

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy

6-Nov-2024

Argonne team breaks new ground in AI-driven protein design

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

An Argonne-led team developed an AI-driven multimodal framework that incorporates experimental data and text-based narratives to accelerate the design of new proteins. A finalist for the Gordon Bell Prize, the effort used five top supercomputers, including Argonne’s Aurora exascale system.

6-Nov-2024

Imaging nuclear shapes by smashing them to smithereens

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have demonstrated a new way to use high-energy particle smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to reveal subtle details about the shapes of atomic nuclei. The method is complementary to lower energy techniques for determining nuclear structure. It will add depth to scientists’ understanding of the nuclei that make up the bulk of visible matter.

Journal

Nature

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy

5-Nov-2024

Ensuring a bright future for diamond electronics and sensors

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To expand the potential use of diamond in semiconductor and quantum technologies, researchers are developing improved processes for growing the material at lower temperatures that won’t damage the silicon in computer chips. These advances include insights into creating protective hydrogen layers on quantum diamonds without damaging crucial properties like nitrogen-vacancy centers.

Journal

Diamond and Related Materials

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, Australian Research Council

4-Nov-2024

Argonne to help drive AI revolution in astronomy with new institute led by Northwestern University

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

A group of institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory, received a $20 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation to establish an AI and astronomy institute called the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI).