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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Apr-2025 02:08 ET (20-Apr-2025 06:08 GMT/UTC)

Reaction conditions tune catalytic selectivity

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chemists have developed a new theoretical framework for more accurately predicting the behavior of catalysts. The study reveals how conditions such as temperature and pressure can change a catalyst’s structure, efficiency, and even the products it makes — and can potentially be used to control reaction outcomes.

Journal: Chem Catalysis
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Study asks: Can cell phone signals help land a plane?

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Reports and Proceedings

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Ohio State University are taking experimental navigation technology to the skies, pioneering a backup system to keep an airplane on course when it cannot rely on global positioning system satellites.

Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global estimates

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment developed by scientists. The research, detailed in the journal Nature, is expected to improve Earth system simulations that scientists use to predict the future climate, and spotlights the importance of natural carbon sequestration for greenhouse gas mitigation.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, Cornell University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Earth Science Technology Office, U.S. National Science Foundation

Three Argonne scientists receive U.S. Department of Energy awards to advance quantum computing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy announces $65 million to advance quantum computing at more than 20 institutions across the nation. Three Argonne National Laboratory scientists and their teams are among the recipients.

Argonne materials scientist Mercouri Kanatzidis wins award from American Chemical Society for Chemistry of Materials

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne materials scientist Mercouri Kanatzidis received the award for chemistry in materials from the American Chemical Society, the nation’s leading professional society for chemists.

Cloud computing captures chemistry code

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months.

Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Material stimulated by light pulses could be leap toward more energy-efficient supercomputing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an Argonne-led project, researchers used X-ray microscopy to discover a ferroelectric material that tailors its response to controlled ultrafast external stimuli, such as light pulses. The material might be applicable to energy-efficient microelectronics.

Journal: Advanced Materials

Calling all university faculty: Accepting applications for summer 2025 visiting faculty program

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

College and university faculty at emerging research institutions are invited to apply to collaborate with national laboratory scientific research staff on research projects of mutual interest, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science announced today.

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