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“We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid.

Cameron Whitehead wins again, taking top honors in the CyberForce Program’s Conquer the Hill – Reign Edition Competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce Program hosts competitions such as Conquer the Hill – Reign Edition to help the energy sector develop a pipeline of skilled cyber defenders who can counteract ever-evolving cyber threats.

Jaime Marian: Then and now / 2012 Early Career Award winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Jaime Marian is a professor at UCLA in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, studying irradiation to develop materials and improve fusion reactor designs.

Artificial intelligence edges closer to the clinic

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

TransMED analyzes patient data from similar diseases across multiple sources to understand COVID-19 patient outcome risk factors.

Journal: Scientific Reports

Simons Foundation announces new collaboration on confinement and QCD strings

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Simons Foundation has announced a new research collaboration to explore the “glue” that holds the visible matter of the universe together. This team of theorists will delve into the details of quantum chromodynamics (QCD)—the theory that describes the interactions among the most fundamental building blocks of visible matter.

Funder: Simons Foundation

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A computing facility at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is doubling in size, preparing the lab for new scientific endeavors that promise to revolutionize our understanding of the world from atomic to cosmic scales but also require handling unprecedented data streams.

Funder: Office of Science

Greener air-conditioning for a warmer world

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Air-conditioning needs an energy overhaul—PNNL research provides a roadmap to get there using energy efficient adsorption cooling.

Journal: Accounts of Chemical Research

Adsorbent material filters toxic chromium, arsenic from water supplies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are tackling a global water challenge with a unique material designed to target not one, but two toxic, heavy metal pollutants for simultaneous removal.

New sensing platform deployed at controlled burn site, could help prevent forest fires

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Sage, a new sensing and computing platform based on Argonne’s Waggle technology, has been deployed at a controlled burn site in Kansas.

Haim Waisman: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Haim Waisman develops computational models of the mechanics of materials. He focuses on fracture phenomena, such as ice breaking due to climate warming, infrastructure aging and deteriorating, energy extraction from rocks, and fractures in biomaterials such as bones.