News Releases

9-May-2022

Ultrafast 'camera' captures hidden behavior of potential 'neuromorphic' material

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Imagine a computer that can think as fast as the human brain while using very little energy. That's the goal of scientists seeking to discover or develop "neuromorphic" materials that can send and process signals as easily as the brain's neurons and synapses. In a paper just published scientists describe surprising new details about vanadium dioxide, one of the most promising neuromorphic materials.

Journal: Physical Review X
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Laboratory Directed Research and Development

5-May-2022

Department of Energy announces $6 million for research on nuclear data benefitting nuclear science and applications

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6 million in funding for seven projects in nuclear data for basic and applied nuclear science.

5-May-2022

Researchers now able to predict battery lifetimes with machine learning

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Argonne have used machine learning algorithms to predict how long a lithium-ion battery will last.

Journal: Journal of Power Sources

4-May-2022

ORNL’s Chi elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Miaofang Chi, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America, or MSA.

4-May-2022

The quest for an ideal quantum bit

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed a qubit platform formed by freezing neon gas into a solid, spraying electrons from a light bulb’s filament onto it, and trapping a single electron there. This system shows great promise as an ideal building block for quantum computers.

Journal: Nature

3-May-2022

Seashell-inspired Sandia shield protects materials in hostile environments

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An ecological protective coating, stronger yet less expensive than potentially dangerous beryllium shielding, is baked of alternating layers of sugar and silica at Sandia National Laboratories. The simple result, which mimics the structure of a seagull, should lower costs for pulsed power machines and space satellites.

Journal: MRS Advances
Funder: Sandia National Laboratories

3-May-2022

NREL calculates lost value of landfilled plastic in US

DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With mountains of plastic waste piling up in landfills and scientists estimating that there will be more plastics by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050, the growing environmental challenge presented to the world by plastics is well understood. What is less well understood by the scientific community is the lost energy opportunity. In short, plastic waste is also energy wasted.

Journal: Resources Conservation and Recycling

2-May-2022

DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program selects 80 outstanding US graduate students

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 80 graduate students representing 27 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2021 Solicitation 2 cycle. Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources at DOE national laboratories, SCGSR prepares graduate students to enter jobs of critical importance to the DOE mission and secures the U.S. position at the forefront of discovery and innovation.