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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Apr-2025 13:08 ET (19-Apr-2025 17:08 GMT/UTC)

DOE Under Secretary for Science and Innovation visits Jefferson Lab

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

On April 18, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility welcomed Under Secretary for Science and Innovation Geraldine (Geri) Richmond for a tour of the lab and briefing on its research mission, innovation and STEM programs.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Divining peak groundwater

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

New research predicts peak groundwater extraction for key basins around the globe by the year 2050. The map indicates groundwater storage trends for Earth’s 37 largest aquifers using data from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory GRACE satellite.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

Study shows potential of super grids when hurricanes overshadow solar panels

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a comprehensive modeling method to better predict the drop in electricity generation when hurricanes overshadow solar panels. The team explored ways to compensate for these energy losses with super grids, a collection of grids connected so electricity can flow across island chains or between continents.

Journal: Energies

High-resolution lidar sees birth zone of cloud droplets

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists demonstrated the first-ever remote observations of the fine-scale structure at the base of clouds. The results show that the air-cloud interface is a transition zone where aerosol particles suspended in Earth’s atmosphere give rise to the droplets that ultimately form clouds. The research will enable scientists to gain insight into how changes in atmospheric aerosol levels could affect clouds and climate.

Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation

Critical minerals recovery from electronic waste

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A nontoxic separation process recovers critical minerals from electronic scrap waste.

Journal: RSC Sustainability
Funder: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Meeting: MRS

DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program selects 86 outstanding US graduate students

DOE/US Department of Energy
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 86 graduate students representing 31 states and Puerto Rico for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2023 Solicitation 2 cycle. Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources at DOE national laboratories, SCGSR prepares graduate students to enter jobs of critical importance to the DOE mission and secures our national position at the forefront of discovery and innovation.

Keane wins 2024 Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Denis T. Keane, of Northwestern University, was named the 2024 recipient of the Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award which recognizes beamline scientists for their contributions to research or instrumentation at the Advanced Photon Source.

Major milestone reached for key weapons component

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories and the Kansas City National Security Campus completed a crucial weapons component development milestone, prior to full rate production.

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