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10-Sep-2024

US Department of Energy awards $138 million to 91 early career scientists

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 91 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $138 million in funding for research covering a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence, fusion energy, and quantum. These awards are critical to the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to develop the next generation of STEM leaders to solidify America’s role as the driver of science and innovation around the world.

9-Sep-2024

Chemical chameleon reveals novel pathway for separating rare-earth metals

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a chemical “chameleon” that could improve the process used to purify rare-earth metals used in clean energy, medical and national security applications.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

9-Sep-2024

Department of Energy announces $65 million for quantum computing research

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $65 million in funding in quantum computing for 10 projects, comprising a total of 38 separate awards.

9-Sep-2024

Argonne entrepreneurship program opens fellowship applications

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne’s entrepreneurship program embeds early-stage startup founders for two years at the lab. They are mentored by a lab scientist. In addition, the program also provides support at the local, regional and national levels including entrepreneurship training and a networking ecosystem to eliminate the hurdles traditionally faced by early-stage cleantech startups.

6-Sep-2024

Postdoc takes multipronged approach to muon detection

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grant and Award Announcement

2024 JSA Postdoctoral Prize Winner Debaditya Biswas will combine different particle identification methods with machine learning to detect muons hidden in a sea of pions.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

6-Sep-2024

Molecular simulations, supercomputing lead to energy-saving biomaterials breakthrough

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by scientists at ORNL identified and demonstrated a method to process a plant-based material called nanocellulose that reduced energy needs by a whopping 21%, using simulations on the lab’s supercomputers and follow-on analysis.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

6-Sep-2024

DOE, ORNL announce opportunity to define future of high-performance computing

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science today announced a new research and development opportunity led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to advance technologies and drive new capabilities for future supercomputers.

6-Sep-2024

Department of Energy announces $68 million in funding for artificial intelligence for scientific research

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in scientific research is a top priority at the Department of Energy (DOE), which today announced $68 million in funding for 11 multi-institution projects, comprising 43 awards.