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Taking on decarbonization in the ag sector: ORNL summit highlights focus areas

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Energy and sustainability experts from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, industry, universities and the federal government recently identified key focus areas to meet the challenge of successfully decarbonizing the agriculture sector, as well as scientific resources that the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories can bring to the table.

Artificially altered material could accelerate neuromorphic device development

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neuromorphic devices — which emulate the decision-making processes of the human brain — show great promise for solving pressing scientific problems, but building physical systems to realize this potential presents researchers with a significant challenge. An international team has gained additional insights into a material compound called vanadium oxide, or VO2, that might be the missing ingredient needed to complete a reliable neuromorphic recipe.

Journal: Physical Review B
Funder: National Research Foundation of Korea

Using ion soft landing to solve hard energy problems

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In adjoining Energy Sciences Center laboratories, researchers develop better energy storage devices by understanding the fundamental reactions that form interfaces.

Nuclear energy as a hidden gem: a conversation with Argonne nuclear chemist Andrew Breshears

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

This is an edited transcript of Argonne’s June 29 Instagram Live interview with Andrew Breshears, a principal nuclear chemist at Argonne.

Energy justice for all: a conversation with Kathryn Huff from the Department of Energy

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

This is an edited transcript of Argonne’s June 29 Instagram Live interview with Dr. Kathryn Huff, the principal deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

It’s in the water

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Electric vehicles are expected to be essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As more of them roll off production lines and onto roads, the world will need two things: more lithium, the key element in the batteries that power them, and carbon-free power to charge those batteries. A recent study conducted by INL researchers suggests that lithium from U.S. geothermal plants could meet up to 8% of the world’s demand.

Journal: Resources Conservation and Recycling

Scientists use Summit supercomputer, deep learning to predict protein functions at genome scale

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Georgia Institute of Technology is using supercomputing and revolutionary deep learning tools to predict the structures and roles of thousands of proteins with unknown functions.

Updated exascale system for Earth simulations

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

New Earth system models rely on advanced computers to simulate Earth’s variability and anticipate changes that will critically impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years.

A look at Argonne’s biggest breakthroughs in 2021

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

A round up of some of the Lab’s biggest discoveries in the past year.

10 ways Argonne advanced science in 2021

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

From electric aviation to climate change, Argonne National Laboratory made strides this year towards a better future.