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UCF Physicist Selected for $750,000 Early Career Energy Grant

University of Central Florida physics assistant professor Michael Chini is one of 84 scientists selected for the Office of Science Early Career Awards. He will conduct research in the area of atomic, molecular and optical physics, which holds the promise of providing new ways to generate energy.

Rogue Neutrino Likely Came from Supermassive Black Hole, Scientists Say

The VERITAS Collaboration, including scientists at the University of Chicago, has confirmed the detection of very high-energy gamma rays from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole.

Knope Receives Early Career Award

Professor Karah Knope of the Georgetown College Department of Chemistry has been named a recipient of a 2018 Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy.

MSU Researchers Lead Team that Discovers Heaviest Known Calcium Atom; Eight New Rare Isotopes Discovered in Total

Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) and the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan discovered eight new rare isotopes of the elements phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, scandium and, most importantly, calcium. These are the heaviest isotopes of these elements ever found.

Department of Energy Selects Guihua Yu for Early Career Award

Prof. Guihua Yu of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and materials science program in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin has been selected to receive the prestigious Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Award.

Nanocrystal Links Could Lead to Better Electronics

A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory examines inorganic links between nanoparticles for applications in solar panels, electrons and optical devices.

$10.75M Grant Aids Nex-gen Fuel Cell Development

Chemistry professor Héctor Abruña will lead a Department of Energy-sponsored Energy Frontier Research Center at Cornell University, aimed at developing next-generation, alkaline-based fuel cells.

Two New Energy Frontier Research Centers at Stanford

Stanford will soon be home to two new Department of Energy-funded Energy Frontier Research Centers, aimed at transforming the way energy is generated, transformed, stored and used.

Feds Back Rice U. Study of Nanoscale Electrocatalysis

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded Rice University researchers $1.1 million to study single nanoparticles and their ability to act as electrocatalysts.

Energy Department Award Supports Professor's Study of Safer, Cheaper Nuclear Power

The use of uranium as a source of clean energy might soon take a leap forward, following the announcement that a University of Kansas chemistry professor has received a prestigious five-year award for work on this topic from the U.S. Department of Energy.

What’s Causing the Voltage Fade in Lithium-rich NMC Cathode Materials?

Researchers led by a University of California San Diego team have published work in the journal Nature Energy that explains what’s causing the performance-reducing “voltage fade” that currently plagues a promising class of cathode materials called Lithium-rich NMC (nickel magnesium cobalt) layered oxides.

New Algorithm Could Help Find New Physics

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed an algorithm that could provide meaningful answers to condensed matter physicists in their searches for novel and emergent properties in materials.