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Retro technique advances modern bacterial engineering for bioenergy

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists used protoplast fusion to create enough genetically disparate Bacillus strains to facilitate mapping of the bacterial genome, which advances the efficient engineering of microbes for efficient biofuel processing.

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
Funder: Department of Energy

Turning waste to energy: Tracking renewable natural gas transportation projects

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Update on a DOE-funded Argonne database tracking Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) projects for transportation, which are rapidly increasing. Projects involve landfills, dairy/agriculture, waste-water and food processing.

Intel to install quantum computing test bed for Q-NEXT

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Intel's quantum test bed will be installed at Argonne in partnership with the Q-NEXT quantum research center. Intel's Jeanette Roberts is leading the installation.

Yongqin Jiao: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Yongqin Jiao is a Group Leader in the Biosciences and Biotechnology Division at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. With her Early Career Research Program award, she investigated how the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus survives in high levels of uranium and its potential use for bioremediation.

What to do with your old phone? INL's E-RECOV might have the answer

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

People rely on electronics, and that reliance will only grow in the coming years. As the newest gadgets prompt us to dispose of our old ones, we unwittingly become contributors to a major conundrum for our world – electronic litter. The need to properly recycle electronics is not new, but it has become more of a concern due to the industry’s rapid growth. The Idaho National Laboratory-developed technology known as E-RECOV is working to combat this problem.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy Critical Materials Institute

Successful deployment of equipment to new scientific data & computing center

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Packing up and moving is an arduous task. Now imagine factoring in large pieces of costly, sensitive equipment, unpredictable weather events, and a global pandemic! These were just a few of the challenges facing the Scientific Data and Computing Center (SDCC) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory as a team transported computing and networking hardware from their longstanding base to an upgraded facility.

Argonne scientists team with NASA to enhance faster-than-sound jet engines

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists have used artificial intelligence to enhance hypersonic combustion.

Ancient art meets AI for better materials design

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers are coupling the ancient and the modern to tackle problems in materials science

Journal: npj Computational Materials

From steel mill to DOE laboratory, Arun Devaraj seeks perfection

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj is committed to improving the quality and performance of metals with a big assist from atom probe tomography.

Apply for Argonne’s high performance computing resources and expertise to improve energy efficiency

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Program helps companies use artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new energy-efficient materials and manufacturing processes.