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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Sep-2025 10:11 ET (10-Sep-2025 14:11 GMT/UTC)

Unlocking the potential of lithium-sulfur batteries

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Argonne researchers have developed a new class of electrolyte additives for lithium-sulfur batteries, improving battery performance by suppressing the unwanted migration of polysulfide ions and reducing the uneven distribution and occurrence of chemical reactions within the system.

Journal: Joule

Aydin elevated to IEEE senior membership

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Emrullah Aydin, an R&D staff associate in the Vehicle Power Electronics Research group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.

Sujan elected National Academy of Inventors Fellow

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Vivek Sujan, a distinguished R&D scientist in the Applied Research for Mobility Systems group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a 2024 National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, Fellow.

Pioneering new tool will spur advances in catalysis

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Catalysts do several surprising things to assist with daily life – from bread making to turning raw materials into fuels more efficiently. Now, SLAC researchers have developed a way to speed up the discovery process for a promising new class of these helpful substances called single atom catalysts.

Journal: Chemistry - Methods
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

SLAC will play a key role in DOE’s new research centers for advancing next-generation microelectronics

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Funded by the Department of Energy, these centers are part of an effort that brings together national laboratories, universities and industry to invent and accelerate novel microelectronics technologies to operate efficiently or in extreme environments.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Students and faculty to join research teams this spring at Department of Energy National Laboratories and a fusion facility

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

A diverse group of 164 undergraduate students and six faculty will participate in unique workforce development programs at 11 of the nation’s national laboratories and a fusion facility during Spring 2025.

Gleason named director of Partnerships

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Shaun Gleason has been named director of the Partnerships Office at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective January 6.

To prevent an energy crisis, Sandia Labs cofounds new microelectronics research center

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with other research institutions to head off a potential future energy crisis that could be driven in part by artificial intelligence.

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