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11-Jun-2024

Scientists engineer yellow-seeded camelina with high oil output

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using tools of modern genetics, plant biochemists have produced a new high-yielding oilseed crop variety — a yellow-seeded variety of Camelina sativa, a close relative of canola, that accumulates 21.4% more oil than ordinary camelina.

Journal

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Jun-2024

New technique could help build quantum computers of the future

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have demonstrated a new method that could enable the large-scale manufacturing of optical qubits. The advance could bring us closer to a scalable quantum computer. 

Journal

Nature Communications

11-Jun-2024

Scientists make and test efficient water-splitting catalyst predicted by theory

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed a new efficient catalyst for the most challenging part of “water splitting,” a series of two simultaneous electrochemical reactions that generate hydrogen gas, a green energy source, from water. The new catalyst was designed based on theoretical predictions and validated in laboratory tests and industrially relevant demonstrations. 

Journal

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Jun-2024

Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision. 

Journal

Small Methods

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

11-Jun-2024

New plasma escape mechanism could protect fusion vessels from excessive heat

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The exhaust heat generated by a fusing plasma in a commercial-scale reactor may not be as damaging to the vessel’s innards as once thought, according to new research about escaping plasma particles made by researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the ITER Organization (ITER).

Journal

Nuclear Fusion

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

10-Jun-2024

MOLLER experiment baselined and moving forward

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

The MOLLER experiment has received Critical Decision 2 “Approve Performance Baseline” and Critical Decision 3 “Approve Start of Construction” from the Department of Energy, which provides clearance to move forward with all procurements and equipment construction. 

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DOE/US Department of Energy

10-Jun-2024

Yuan elevated to IEEE senior member

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Jinghui Yuan, an R&D staff member in the Applied Research for Mobility Systems group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.

10-Jun-2024

Webb named Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Erin Webb, lead for the Bioresources Science and Engineering group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, or ASABE — the society’s highest honor.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy