22-Jul-2024 New software provides advanced grid simulation capabilities DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed new software using electromagnetic transient analysis, a type of electric grid simulation, to speed up calculations that more accurately predict how modern power electronics will affect grid operations. This provides an essential tool for planning, design and operation of the modern power grid as it incorporates new renewable power generation and electric vehicle chargers.
22-Jul-2024 Creating carbon negative materials with ancient microbes DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Our bioproduct experts collaborated with industry to help scale-up a promising microbe-made plastic alternative built from the carbon in methane gas.
22-Jul-2024 Artificial intelligence tools secure tomorrow’s electric grid DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partner institutions have launched a project to develop an innovative suite of tools that will employ machine learning algorithms for more effective cybersecurity analysis of the U.S. power grid.
18-Jul-2024 Free 3D-printing datasets enable analysis, confidence in printed parts DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components. The breadth of the datasets can significantly boost efforts to verify the quality of additively manufactured parts using only information gathered during printing, without requiring expensive and time-consuming post-production analysis.
17-Jul-2024 Ushering in a brilliant future at the Advanced Photon Source DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Dignitaries and luminaries attended a dedication ceremony for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The new facility will open new doors to discovery.
17-Jul-2024 Second “You Belong in Quantum” series highlights unconventional career pathways DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The "You Belong in Quantum" series, hosted by the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), highlights non-traditional career paths in quantum information science (QIS). The second virtual session on April 30 featured diverse speakers discussing their unique journeys into QIS. Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
17-Jul-2024 In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems.
17-Jul-2024 Game-changing quantum chemistry calculations push new boundaries of exascale Frontier DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers conduct largest, most accurate molecular dynamics simulations to date of two million correlated electrons using Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer. The simulation, which exceed an exaflop using full double precision, is 1,000 times greater in size and speed than any quantum chemistry simulation of it's kind. Funder Advanced Scientific Computing Research
16-Jul-2024 Champion emerges in US Department of Energy’s 2024 CyberForce® Conquer the Hill® — Reign Edition DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Students from 77 colleges and universities raced to escape a five-level virtual escape room filled with cyber and energy-based challenges.
12-Jul-2024 Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory In the wet, muddy places where America’s rivers and lands meet the sea, scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are unearthing clues to better understand how these vital landscapes are evolving under climate change. Journal Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Funder U.S. Department of Energy
