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DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Office of Science Graduate Student Research Awards

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 solicitation 1 cycle. Applications are due on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Berkeley Lab helps explore mysteries of Asteroid Bennu

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source and Molecular Foundry provided powerful tools to study asteroid samples returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. Researchers found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral deposits that formed in an exact sequence when a brine evaporated, leaving clues about the type of water that flowed billions of years ago.

Journal: Nature

Improving the way flash memory is made

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The narrow, deep holes required for one type of flash memory are made twice as fast with the right recipe, which includes a plasma made from hydrogen fluoride.

Journal: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films

Peeling back the layers: Exploring capping effects on nickelate superconductivity

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) used cutting-edge X-ray techniques to gain new insights into “infinite-layer” nickelate materials.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

US Department of Energy announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2025

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is accepting applications for the 2025 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers. The program will support over 80 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions, DOE national laboratories, and Office of Science user facilities.

Polymer editing can upcycle waste into higher-performance plastics

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Upcycling may help remedy the roughly 450 million tons of plastic discarded worldwide annually, of which only 9% gets recycled; the rest is incinerated or winds up in landfills, oceans or elsewhere.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Laboratory Directed Research and Development program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Taking stock of the known and unknown microbial space

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, an analysis from researchers at the DOE Joint Genome Institute assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Elena Belova and Yevgeny Raitses recognized for groundbreaking plasma physics research

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Yevgeny Raitses and Elena Belova were named PPPL’s 2024 Distinguished Research Fellows for their exceptional contributions to plasma physics. Their pioneering work in low-temperature plasma and fusion simulations highlights PPPL’s leadership in advancing plasma research and fusion energy.

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