29-Jul-2024 Yuan Ping: Then and Now / 2013 Early Career Award Winner DOE/US Department of Energy Yuan Ping developed a suite of measurement methods and produced data that scientists used to benchmark energy transport models. These models increase scientists’ control of fusion energy losses. The research team improved the efficiency of the energy conversion from the lasers to the final hot fuel.
29-Jul-2024 Extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires: how summer’s extremes disrupt the power grid DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Climate change is bringing more extreme summer weather, from heat waves to hurricanes, that can disrupt the flow of electricity. Here’s how PNNL scientists are working on solutions to protect the nation’s electric grid.
25-Jul-2024 Using fire management to see how ticks…tick DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Ph.D. student and summer interns at Brookhaven National Laboratory study how fire impacts notorious disease vectors.
22-Jul-2024 New software provides advanced grid simulation capabilities DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed new software using electromagnetic transient analysis, a type of electric grid simulation, to speed up calculations that more accurately predict how modern power electronics will affect grid operations. This provides an essential tool for planning, design and operation of the modern power grid as it incorporates new renewable power generation and electric vehicle chargers.
22-Jul-2024 Creating carbon negative materials with ancient microbes DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Our bioproduct experts collaborated with industry to help scale-up a promising microbe-made plastic alternative built from the carbon in methane gas.
22-Jul-2024 Artificial intelligence tools secure tomorrow’s electric grid DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partner institutions have launched a project to develop an innovative suite of tools that will employ machine learning algorithms for more effective cybersecurity analysis of the U.S. power grid.
18-Jul-2024 Free 3D-printing datasets enable analysis, confidence in printed parts DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components. The breadth of the datasets can significantly boost efforts to verify the quality of additively manufactured parts using only information gathered during printing, without requiring expensive and time-consuming post-production analysis.
17-Jul-2024 Ushering in a brilliant future at the Advanced Photon Source DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Dignitaries and luminaries attended a dedication ceremony for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The new facility will open new doors to discovery.
17-Jul-2024 Second “You Belong in Quantum” series highlights unconventional career pathways DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The "You Belong in Quantum" series, hosted by the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), highlights non-traditional career paths in quantum information science (QIS). The second virtual session on April 30 featured diverse speakers discussing their unique journeys into QIS. Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
17-Jul-2024 In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems.
