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15-Jun-2021
Efficient dehumidifier makes air conditioning a breeze
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryNew energy-efficient dehumidifier technology holds promise to reduce energy consumption in residential A/C systems and increase the range of electric vehicles.
15-Jun-2021
Can artificial intelligence open new doors for materials discovery?
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
An Argonne engineer applied a specific type of artificial intelligence to the problem of how to predict material structures by only knowing some of their properties. This first-of-its-kind discovery led to further insights into the long-term durability of nuclear materials.
15-Jun-2021
Project Jupyter: A computer code that transformed science
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A computer code (Project Jupyter) co-developed by Berkeley Lab's Fernando Perez and embraced by the global science community over two decades has been hailed by Nature Magazine as one of "ten computer codes that transformed science."
14-Jun-2021
A keen eye behind the microscope
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL's Dongsheng Li's crystal formation research helped reveal why nanoparticles sometimes self-assemble into five-sided shapes. The discovery will potentially be useful in medical research, electronics, and other applications.
14-Jun-2021
Breaking through with laboratory directed research and development
DOE/US Department of Energy
Meant to foster innovation, the Department of Energy Office of Science's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has supported the development of a number of technologies, including the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing process.
12-Jun-2021
Los Alamos teams with international group to examine spread of infectious disease by migratory birds
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
A multinational effort is underway to understand and control the spread of disease among migratory birds.
10-Jun-2021
DOE announces $3.5 million for U.S.-Japan cooperative research in high energy physics
DOE/US Department of Energy
Today, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $3.5 million for 23 collaborative research projects in high energy physics that involve substantial collaboration with Japanese investigators.
10-Jun-2021
Sofia Quaglioni: Then and now; 2011 early career award winner
DOE/US Department of Energy
As the Deputy Group Leader of the Nuclear Data and Theory Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sofia Quaglioni is contributing to a unified understanding of the structure and lower-energy reactions of light nuclei.
10-Jun-2021
Decisions, decisions: Climate change and water
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL's Framework for Assessment of Complex Environmental Tradeoffs (FACET) is designed to navigate and rigorously evaluate competing environmental, economic, and social impacts to help make decisions more equitable. In an example scenario prepared using publicly available data, FACET was applied to predict tradeoffs facing the Colorado River and to balance competing demands of river flow and temperature, along with withdrawals for cities, crop irrigation, and power generation.