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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Aug-2025 08:11 ET (17-Aug-2025 12:11 GMT/UTC)

Metal scrap upcycled into high-value alloys with solid phase manufacturing

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Solid phase manufacturing can create new custom metal alloys through an innovative process called solid phase alloying, researchers from PNNL report.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Pioneering Argonne chemist Chris Johnson honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellow

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The National Academy of Inventors has named Argonne chemist Chris Johnson as a 2024 fellow. Johnson is known worldwide for his pioneering contributions to battery research that promotes the transition to a more sustainable and decarbonized future.

Department of Energy announces $36 million for student traineeships

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced 29 projects totaling $36 million to 42 institutions in 16 states for traineeships for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The funding, through the DOE Office of Science’s RENEW initiative, will support hands-on research experience, professional development activities to build or reinforce STEM identity, and mentorship to support personal and professional growth of trainees.

ORNL researchers recognized as among world’s most cited

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Four researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were recognized as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, a data analytics firm that specializes in scientific and academic research; Clarivate calculates impact factor using data from Web of Science. Highly Cited Researchers rank in the top 1% by citations for their field and publication year.

Teletrix expands augmented reality training platform with new commercial license

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Teletrix, a company specializing in radiation training tools, has transitioned from a research and development license to a commercial license for its augmented reality, or AR, platform that simulates ionizing radiation. This advanced platform, known as VIZRAD AR, was developed using technologies licensed from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and allows users to interact with virtual radiological environments in real time.

DOE partners with UK’s DESNZ and Tokamak Energy Ltd. to accelerate fusion energy development through a $52M upgrade to the privately owned ST40 facility

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.K.’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), and the private fusion company Tokamak Energy Ltd. (TE) today announced a plan to jointly sponsor a $52 million upgrade to the ST40 experimental fusion facility to advance fusion science and technology needed to deliver a future fusion pilot plant. Fusion powers the sun and stars, and, if harnessed on Earth, could provide an abundant, safe, and carbon-emissions-free energy source. This collaboration was selected through the 2025 fiscal year Office of Science open funding opportunity.

Seven researchers named to Battelle Distinguished Inventor cadre

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Seven scientists affiliated with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Battelle Distinguished Inventors in recognition of being granted 14 or more United States patents. Since Battelle began managing ORNL in 2000, 104 ORNL researchers have reached this milestone.

AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

Faster, more informed environmental permitting with AI-guided support

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Federal environmental permitting process to be fast-tracked with AI-powered tools and cloud-supported data analysis.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

'Spooky action' at a very short distance: Scientists map out quantum entanglement in protons

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have a new way to use data from high-energy particle smashups to peer inside protons. Their approach uses quantum information science to map out how particle tracks streaming from electron-proton collisions are influenced by quantum entanglement inside the proton. The results reveal that quarks and gluons, the fundamental building blocks that make up a proton’s structure, are subject to so-called quantum entanglement.

Journal: Reports on Progress in Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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