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Department of Energy announces 2024 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows and lecture series

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Four of the nation’s top scientists have each been awarded $1 million in direct funding via the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows program.

Department of Energy announces $4.6 million to fund public-private partnerships for fusion research

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

In a continuing effort to forge and fund public-private partnerships to accelerate fusion research, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $4.6 million in 17 awards to U.S. businesses via the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program.

Office of Science selections from funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for the week of August 7, 2024

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Extreme-scale science recognizes that disruptive technology changes are occurring across science applications, algorithms, computer architectures, and ecosystems. Emerging trends in this technology span key areas including high-end computing, massive datasets, visualization, and artificial intelligence on increasingly heterogeneous computer architectures.

Ability to track nanoscale flow in soft matter could prove pivotal discovery

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists developed a novel technique using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to study soft matter at the nanoscale. This method enables precise determination of the flow behavior of nanoparticles in soft matter exposed to an external stimulus.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

X-ray imagery of vibrating diamond opens avenues for quantum sensing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center, scientists at three research institutions capture the pulsing motion of atoms in diamond, uncovering the relationship between the diamond’s strain and the behavior of the quantum information hosted within.

Journal: Physical Review Applied

Born to modulate: Researchers reveal origins of climate-controlling particles

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Aerosol particles imbue climate models with uncertainty. New work by PNNL researchers reveals where in the world and under what conditions new particles are born.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Innovation Crossroads welcomes seven entrepreneurs for Cohort 2024

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Seven entrepreneurs comprise the next cohort of Innovation Crossroads, a Department of Energy Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The program provides energy-related startup founders from across the nation with access to ORNL’s unique scientific resources and capabilities, as well as connect them with experts, mentors and networks to accelerate their efforts to take their world-changing ideas to the marketplace.

PNNL partners with DOE to improve access to DOE’s intellectual property

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Thousands of innovations created by the Department of Energy are more accessible in one place thanks to a new database created by DOE.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Argonne receives U.S. Department of Energy funding for four next-generation clean-energy projects

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne clean-energy projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Projects build on Argonne’s leading role in decarbonizing the U.S. economy.

Atomic 'GPS' elucidates movement during ultrafast material transitions

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created the first-ever atomic movies showing how atoms rearrange locally within a quantum material as it transitions from an insulator to a metal. With the help of these movies, the researchers discovered a new material phase that settles a yearslong scientific debate and could facilitate the design of new transitioning materials with commercial applications.

Journal: Nature Materials

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