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UMD Engineers, Colleagues Work to Triple the Energy Storage of Lithium-ion Batteries

A collaboration led by scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD)’s A. James Clark School of Engineering, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the U.S. Army Research Lab have developed and studied a new cathode material that could triple the energy density of lithium-ion battery electrodes.

Trace Metals Make a Big Splash with Marine Microorganisms

A new Cornell-led study shows that trace metals, deposited by aerosols like dust and other particles in the atmosphere, have a hefty impact on marine biota, affecting biological productivity and changing the ocean ecosystem.

‘Molecular Movie’ Captures Chemical Reaction on Atomic Scale

A team of physicists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Stanford University and Europe has captured the clearest glimpse yet of a photochemical reaction — the type of light-fueled molecular transformations responsible for photosynthesis, vision and the ozone layer.

DE Leon Receives Early Career Research Award to Investigate Diamond's Fundamental Properties

The Department of Energy has named Nathalie de Leon, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University, as a recipient of a 2018 Early Career Research Program award.

Purdue Receives $2.6 Million DOE Grant for High-Energy Physics Research

Ongoing research in elementary particle physics will be expanded, thanks to a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund Purdue University’s High Energy Physics Group.

New Photodetector Could Improve Night Vision, Thermal Sensing and Medical Imaging

Using graphene, one of science’s most versatile materials, engineers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have invented a new type of photodetector that can work with more types of light than its current state-of-the-art counterparts. The device also has superior sensing and imaging capabilities.

Neuroscientist Leads Unprecedented Research to Map Billions of Brain Cells

Reverse engineering the human brain is one of the great scientific challenges of our time, and scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory are combining new techniques in microscopy, neurobiology and computing to reveal the brain’s inner mechanisms in unprecedented detail.

Daniel Amador-Noguez Wins Department of Energy Early Career Award

The five-year, $750,000 grant will help the University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher and his team create new modeling tools that will help optimize the microbial production of biofuels and bioproducts.

WTAMU Professor Receives DOE Early Career Award

Dr. Naruki Hiranuma, assistant professor of environmental sciences at West Texas A&M University, is one of 84 scientists selected from across the nation to receive significant funding for research as a 2018 Early Career Award recipient through the DOE Office of Science.

Groundbreaking Poplar Study Shows Trees Can Be Genetically Engineered Not to Spread

The largest field-based study of genetically modified forest trees ever conducted has demonstrated that genetic engineering can prevent new seedlings from establishing.

U.S. Department of Energy to fund Energy Frontier Research Center at MIT

A new MIT research center is among the recipients of the most recent round of $100 million in funding for 42 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The centers are a core component of DOE’s funding for basic energy science research.

Sunsetting of PARC

After nine years of building an international community of talented scientists and investing in the enrichment of science education for St. Louis schools, the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) – a Department of Energy (DOE) funded Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) at Washington University – has officially ceased operations.