2018 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE backs materials study for batteries and beyond

Rice University’s Ming Tang has earned an Office of Science Early Career Award to further examine electrodeposition of metals over the next five years.

YSU Professor, Students Conduct Research at Berkeley National Laboratory

Youngstown State University professor Alina Lazar and students Alexandra Ballow and Tyler Leibengood have been chosen to participate in a 10-week research program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the campus of the University of California-Berkeley.

Climate Warming Affects Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem

A University of Oklahoma study shows the effects of climate warming on soil microbes in a long-term climate change experiment in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem.

A Valley So Low: Electrons Congregate in Ways that May be Useful to “Valleytronics”

A Princeton University-led study has revealed an emergent electronic behavior on the surface of bismuth crystals that could lead to insights on the growing area of technology known as “valleytronics.”

Light from Ancient Quasars Helps Confirm Quantum Entanglement

Using two ancient galactic cores called quasars, MIT researchers have taken a massive step forward toward confirming quantum entanglement — a concept that says that the properties of particles can be linked no matter how far apart in the universe they may be.

Professor Working to Make Solar Cells More Efficient

A highly selective $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science will continue funding a University of Mississippi professor’s research into improving solar energy technologies.

Department of Energy Grants Will Support Geosciences Research, New Partnerships

Boise State will receive two grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to support research on issues significant to our region and the western United States including water, food, energy use and production in the face of changing environmental conditions.

Heat Transfer Surprise Could Lead to Thermal Transistors

As much as 100 times more heat than predicted by the standard radiation theory can flow between two nanoscale objects, even at bigger-than-nanoscale distances, researchers at the University of Michigan and the College of William and Mary have reported in the journal Nature.

Xu Earns Early Career Award to Advance Next-gen Electronics

Xiaoshan Xu, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is using a $750,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program to develop a novel approach that could advance the field of spintronics.

More Ships and More Clouds Mean Cooling in the Arctic

UConn geographer Scott Stephenson and colleagues say the growth of trans-Arctic shipping and the increase in emissions that will accompany it may offset some of the overall warming trend in the Arctic by the end of the century.

Raj Wins Graduate Student Fellowship from DOE to Study Lithium Ion Batteries

Abhi Raj, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 47 recipients of a fellowship from the Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program. The awards support doctoral-thesis research and allow students to work for up to 12 months in one of 17 DOE laboratories.

Organizing Quantum Dots May Improve Consumer Electronics

Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering Professor Michael Bockstaller and his team are working on ways for quantum dots, or nanoparticles created from a specific semiconductor, to self-assemble into organized patterns. The research may help improve the quality of image displays for electronic devices like televisions.