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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-May-2025 06:10 ET (13-May-2025 10:10 GMT/UTC)

Six Argonne projects receive R&D 100 Awards

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Six Argonne projects won one of America’s most prestigious awards related to technology development and commercialization.

Start-up Whisper Aero uses the ORNL Summit supercomputer to test concepts for an ultraquiet electric airplane

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Whisper Aero, a start-up in Crossville, Tennessee, is revolutionizing aviation with its ultra-quiet electric ducted fan technology. Using the Summit supercomputer, the company is designing the Whisper Jet, a nine-passenger electric plane featuring 20 to 30 small, silent EDFs to drastically reduce noise and emissions compared to traditional engines. Summit’s advanced simulations have accelerated their design process by over 20%, enabling rapid development and optimization of their aircraft. The technology is also being adapted for quieter commercial products like leaf blowers.

Mary Bishai named Distinguished Scientist Fellow

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Physicist Mary Bishai of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has been named a 2024 DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow. The honor recognizes her “enduring contributions at the intensity frontier of high energy physics in unraveling fundamental properties of neutrinos, extraordinary leadership and service to the particle physics community, and deep commitment to broadening participation through mentoring next generation scientists.”

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Department of Energy announces 2024 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows and lecture series

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Four of the nation’s top scientists have each been awarded $1 million in direct funding via the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows program.

Department of Energy announces $4.6 million to fund public-private partnerships for fusion research

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

In a continuing effort to forge and fund public-private partnerships to accelerate fusion research, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $4.6 million in 17 awards to U.S. businesses via the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program.

Office of Science selections from funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for the week of August 7, 2024

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

Extreme-scale science recognizes that disruptive technology changes are occurring across science applications, algorithms, computer architectures, and ecosystems. Emerging trends in this technology span key areas including high-end computing, massive datasets, visualization, and artificial intelligence on increasingly heterogeneous computer architectures.

Ability to track nanoscale flow in soft matter could prove pivotal discovery

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists developed a novel technique using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to study soft matter at the nanoscale. This method enables precise determination of the flow behavior of nanoparticles in soft matter exposed to an external stimulus.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

X-ray imagery of vibrating diamond opens avenues for quantum sensing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center, scientists at three research institutions capture the pulsing motion of atoms in diamond, uncovering the relationship between the diamond’s strain and the behavior of the quantum information hosted within.

Journal: Physical Review Applied

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