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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Apr-2025 11:08 ET (19-Apr-2025 15:08 GMT/UTC)

Microtubule mysteries revealed

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

TACC's Frontera supercomputer helps model dynamical behavior of cell structural polymers called microtubules that could lead to better understanding neurodegenerative diseases.

Journal: Biophysical Journal
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Study tracks chromium chemistry in irradiated molten salts

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory report that radiation-induced chemical reactions may help mitigate the corrosion of metals in a new type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten salts.

Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

A new path to understanding black holes

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The new insight could lead to a deeper understanding of black-hole microstructure in theoretical physics by redefining the conception of a black hole by mapping out their detailed structure.

Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
Funder: European Research Council, DOE/US Department of Energy

Jefferson Lab Director Kimberly Sawyer named to CoVaBIZ Magazine’s 150 Most Influential People List

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

https://www.jlab.org/news/releases/jefferson-lab-director-kimberly-sawyer-named-covabiz-magazines-150-most-influential

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

DNA helps electronics to leave flatland

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have for the first time used DNA to help create 3D electronically operational devices with nanometer-size features.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, W. M. Keck Foundation, Army Research Office

Engineers redefine how heat transfers on advanced surfaces

University of Texas at Dallas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Texas at Dallas developed a new theory to explain heat transfer on advanced surfaces, which they outline in an article published online March 13 in the physical science journal Newton.

The theory is critical to the researchers’ work to develop innovative surfaces for applications such as harvesting water from air without electricity.

Journal: Newton
Funder: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy

Researchers achieve quantum computing milestone, realizing certified randomness

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a 56-qubit quantum computer, researchers have for the first time experimentally demonstrated certified randomness, a way of generating random numbers from a quantum computer and then using a classical supercomputer to prove they are truly random and freshly generated. This could pave the way towards the use of quantum computers for a practical task unattainable through classical methods.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

WPI researcher receives DOE award to study uranium recovery from wastewater

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

A chemical engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received an $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study the recovery of critical minerals like uranium from industrial wastewater—work spurred in part by a growing demand for nuclear fuel as the world’s capacity for nuclear power increases.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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