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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 12-May-2025 22:10 ET (13-May-2025 02:10 GMT/UTC)

ORNL's New named Researcher of the Year by R&D World

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Joshua New, a computer scientist and distinguished R&D staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named the 2024 Researcher of the Year by R&D World magazine as part of its R&D 100 Professional Award winners.

VENUS rising: A new dawn for AI-powered atomic-scale 3D imaging

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

DOE commissioned a neutron imaging instrument, VENUS, at the Spallation Neutron Source in July. VENUS instrument scientists will use AI to deliver 3D models to researchers in half the time it typically takes.

Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published today in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries their first charge at unusually high currents increased their average lifespan by 50% while decreasing the initial charging time from 10 hours to just 20 minutes.

Journal: Joule

Marine engineering group to award ORNL researchers for innovative welding software

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Zhili Feng, a distinguished R&D staff member, and Jian Chen, a senior R&D staff member, in Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the Elmer L. Hann Award at the Society of Naval Architects and Maritime Engineers, or SNAME, Convention on Oct. 15 in Norfolk, Virginia. SNAME plays a crucial role in promoting excellence in marine engineering and naval architecture, supporting professionals through education, research and collaboration.

Swifter simulations for modern science. All of it

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a machine learning paper recently published in the journal npj Computational Materials, a team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Brown University have introduced a universal way to accelerate virtually any kind of simulation.

Journal: npj Computational Materials

NREL advances method for recyclable wind turbine blades

DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful life.

Journal: Science

Work toward a cleaner way to purify critical metals

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Over the past three years, a team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories has been pioneering an environmentally friendly method to separate critical rare-earth elements from watery mixtures.

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bubbling, frothing and sloshing: Long-hypothesized plasma instabilities finally observed

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PPPL scientists have observed new details of how plasma interacts with magnetic fields, potentially providing insight into the formation of enormous plasma jets that stretch between the stars.

Journal: Physical Review Research
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy

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