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Machine Learning Keeps Particle Physicists from a Lucy-and-Ethel Situation

A review article from a William & Mary post-doc looks at how artificial intelligence is used in the quest to understand the fundamental particles of nature, discussing the various tests necessary to validate the different machine-learning tools and quantify the uncertainties built into the process.

Over 4,000 Tour FRIB and NSCL During Public Open House

The six-hour open house, made possible by 150 volunteers, offered an array of experiences for all ages. Tours were held in the currently operational experimental areas in NSCL that will be used in FRIB experiments, and visitors could tour the FRIB linear accelerator currently under construction.

Professor Lively Receives DOE's Early Career Award

Ryan Lively, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) was recently awarded the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science financial award for Early Career Research Programs. This is the third DOE Early Career Award given to Georgia Tech and the first for ChBE.

Hedayat Awarded DOE Early Career Research Funding

Reza Hedayat, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. Hedayat will receive $750,000 over five years to support the development of novel multiscale experiments to identify the geophysical signatures accompanying subsurface crack network growth.

Chemist Shane Ardo Tapped for Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award

Shane Ardo, UCI assistant professor of chemistry, is among 84 scientists from across the nation to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. Under the program, Ardo will be awarded at least $150,000 per year for five years to develop technologies that can sustainably and inexpensively desalinate seawater for both personal consumption and agriculture.

David Simmons-Duffin Receives DOE Early Career Grant

David Simmons-Duffin, assistant professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, has been selected to receive The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science's Early Career Research Program funding. Simmons-Duffin is among 84 scientists selected nationwide to receive grants of at least $150,000 per year.

How "Gatekeepers" to a Cell's Nucleus Let Genetic Instructions Pass Through

In a new study in the June 13 issue of Nature Communications, Hoelz and his group—spearheaded by Daniel Lin (PhD '17), a former graduate student at Caltech now at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT, and Sarah Cai, an undergraduate student at Caltech—report the first atomic-scale look at the specific components of human NPCs responsible for dropping mRNAs off in the cytoplasm.

Hara Honored with 2018 Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award

Dr. Ken Hara, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been recognized with a 2018 Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program Award for his achievements and future potential in fusion energy sciences.

UTA physicist Benjamin Jones awarded $750,000 from Department of Energy Early Career Research Program

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UTA assistant professor of physics Benjamin Jones $750,000 to develop a sensor for particle experiments that focus on the neutrino, a subatomic particle that may offer an answer to the lingering mystery of the universe’s matter-antimatter imbalance.

MatSE Professor Nicola Perry Receives Department of Energy Early Career Research Award

Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) Professor Nicola Perry has received a Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program grant for her proposal “Chemo-Mechanically Driven In Situ Hierarchical Structure Formation in Mixed Conductors.”

Two scientists Who Will Perform Research at FRIB Earn U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Awards

Two scientists – Zach Meisel and Jaideep Singh – who perform research at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and will perform research at FRIB have received U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Program awards.

NMSU Physics Department Awarded $1.26 Million DOE Grant

The three-year DOE grant will fund New Mexico State University physics faculty, students and post-doctoral researchers for three projects: SeaQuest, MicroBooNE and PHENIX.