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User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reports and Proceedings

MIT researchers developed an automated system to help programmers increase the efficiency of their deep learning algorithms by simultaneously leveraging two types of redundancy in complex data structures: sparsity and symmetry.

Funder: Intel, National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DOE/US Department of Energy

How does the atmosphere affect ocean weather?

University of Rochester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study of satellite imagery and high-resolution climate model data by scientists at the University of Rochester upends previous assumptions and provides insight about how the atmosphere and ocean weather patterns interact.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NASA Earth Science Technology Office, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy

Creating nanoislands for better platinum catalysts

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new technique to trap clusters of platinum atoms in nanoscale islands could lead to more efficient catalysts for the chemical industry.

Journal: Nature Chemical Engineering
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province, Chinese National Science Fund For Distinguished Young Scholars, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Materials can remember a sequence of events in an unexpected way

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once crumpled piece of paper. Now, a team led by Penn State physicists has uncovered how, under specific conditions, some materials seemingly violate underlying mathematics to store memories about the sequence of previous deformations.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Penn State Schreyer Honors College, Penn State Student Engagement Network

The secret ‘sex lives’ of bacteria: Study challenges old ideas about how species form

Georgia Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New Georgia Tech research shows bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Ministry of Science and Innovation, European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)

Colorado State receives $326M from DOE/EPA to improve oil and gas operations and reduce methane emissions

Colorado State University
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency have awarded $326 million to three Colorado State University research projects that aim to improve U.S. oil and gas operations and reduce methane emissions nationwide.

The EPA’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program is providing the funding to the CSU Energy Institute and faculty working across multiple departments in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, with the goal of helping oil and gas operators improve operational efficiency and manage emissions. The efforts will also support activity to build an inventory of methane emissions, improve air quality and offer workforce development.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

UCF to lead $5M consortium to train nuclear engineers

University of Central Florida
Grant and Award Announcement

UCF has continuously been recognized as a top supplier of graduates to the aerospace and defense industries, and two UCF professors plan to solidify that reputation through a new national consortium.

Professors Subith Vasu and Jayanta Kapat are leading a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to establish a consortium that will support students from underrepresented communities who are interested in earning engineering degrees.

The PARtnership and Training for NNSA Engineering and Relevant Sciences (PARTNERS) consortium will include the University of California, Irvine and the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). Sandia National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory will collaborate and support students and faculty.

The goal of PARTNERS is to provide a training ground and talent pipeline for the next generation of nuclear engineers.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Taking stock of the known and unknown microbial space

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, an analysis from researchers at the DOE Joint Genome Institute assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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