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30-Mar-2023
DUNE collaboration tests new technology for second detector module
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Scientists working on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are developing a vertical drift detector. The new technology may open doors to building large neutrino detectors at a lower cost and in a simpler manner.
30-Mar-2023
DUNE collaboration ready to ramp up mass production for first detector module
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The international DUNE collaboration is conducting final tests of the components for its first neutrino detector module, to be installed a mile underground in South Dakota. Preparations for ramping up the mass production of these components are underway.
29-Mar-2023
BIGTUNA bioimaging tool helps researchers see small
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A new nano-optical bioimaging technology in development at PNNL enables researchers to watch climate-bellwether microbes exchange metabolites and other essential signals.
29-Mar-2023
Brenden Ortiz, Wigner Fellow, is living his dream and discovering new materials
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brenden Ortiz, a Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is helping design the next generation of quantum materials.
- Funder
- Distinguished Staff Fellowship program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
28-Mar-2023
Story tip: Adding up the geothermal benefits
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A tool developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers gives building owners and equipment manufacturers and installers an easy way to calculate the cost savings of a heating and cooling system that utilizes geothermal energy and emits no carbon.
28-Mar-2023
Modeling agriculture matters for carbon cycling
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
More realistically representing crops and agricultural practices dramatically improves simulations of carbon and energy exchange.
- Journal
- Biogeosciences
28-Mar-2023
Research fellow Jeff Foster investigates ways to create designer molecules
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chemist Jeff Foster is looking for ways to control sequencing in polymers that could result in designer molecules to benefit a variety of industries, including medicine and energy. Using the technology that he and his colleagues are developing, “scientists can begin to understand how the sequence of monomers influences the behavior and properties of synthetic polymer materials,” said Foster, an Alvin M. Weinberg Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- Funder
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished Staff Fellowship program
28-Mar-2023
Head-to-head trivia competition brings new excitement to virtual Science Bowl
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
To make the experience more engaging for students, Argonne has begun hosting its regional, virtual Science Bowl in a head-to-head setup.
27-Mar-2023
APS Upgrade to enhance ‘molecular movies’ to understand certain types of antibiotic resistance
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Researchers at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source have used serial crystallography, a way to make molecular movies, to see in real time the mechanisms involved in an enzyme that confers antibiotic resistance to a certain bacterium.
- Journal
- Nature Communications