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The age of exascale and the future of supercomputing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne leaders discuss the advent of exascale computing and what lies ahead, including the challenges for developers and expectations of researchers. They also provide some insight on AI’s potential to forge new frontiers in automation and real-time analysis.

Veterans recruitment, employment program honors UT-Battelle

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The managing contractor of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT-Battelle, has received a gold medallion award from the Department of Labor’s Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans, or HIRE Vets, program.

Synthesizing nanomaterials from nature’s blueprints

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Molecular self-assembly expert Chun-Long Chen describes the challenges and opportunities in bio-inspired nanomaterials in a special issue of Chemical Reviews.

Journal: Chemical Reviews
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Probing how microbiomes affect our health

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Customized molecular tools identify specific microbial functions that are key to healthy people and environments.

Argonne employee group funds service dog for Chicago area veteran

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

A U.S. Army veteran living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was presented with an Australian shepherd service dog on Sept. 25, the result of roughly five years of fundraising by an employee group at Argonne National Laboratory.

Neutrons take a deep dive into water networks surrounding DNA

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A research team successfully captured the most detailed view to date of water’s hydrogen bonding patterns around DNA. The findings, produced in part through neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, open new possibilities for studying how water impacts DNA function.

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research

Anne White: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Anne White at MIT had a vision for an innovative approach to experiments to aid in the study and understanding of tokamak turbulence. Her work has developed rigorous validation of the models used to detail measurements of the turbulence, towards fusion’s promise of clean and nearly unlimited energy.

Key witness helps scientists detect ‘spooky’ quantum entanglement in solid materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Quantum entanglement occurs when two particles appear to communicate without a physical connection, a phenomenon Albert Einstein famously called “spooky action at a distance.” Nearly 90 years later, a team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated the viability of a “quantum entanglement witness” capable of proving the presence of entanglement between magnetic particles, or spins, in a quantum material.

Journal: Physical Review B
Funder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, European Research Council

Rising talent in quantum computing: Meet early career researchers at QSA

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Quantum Systems Accelerator is opening exciting opportunities in quantum information science & technology for researchers. Meet QSA's early career researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, a QSA partner institution, and JILA.

Microreactors could replace diesel generators, enable renewables, report says

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

An up-and-coming type of nuclear reactor could help answer questions related to reducing carbon emissions while providing a foundation for renewable energy, if the fledgling technology can survive some growing pains, according to a new report by researchers at Idaho National Laboratory focusing on microreactors.