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

Georgetown Professor Receives Two Grants for Quantum Information Science as Part of the Department of Energy’s Recent $218 Million Initiative

Prof. Freericks and his NC State colleague Prof. Lex Kemper, are working on developing algorithms to use quantum computers to solve some of the most difficult and challenging problems in quantum mechanics of interest to solid state physicists with quantum computers that are available now and in the near future.

Polymer Coating Cools Down Buildings

Columbia Engineers make white paint whiter—and cooler—by removing white pigment and invent a polymer coating, with nano-to-microscale air voids, that acts as a spontaneous air cooler and can be fabricated, dyed, and applied like paint.

Caltech Awarded Federal Funding for Quantum Research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have both announced new funding awards for quantum-related research in conjunction with a White House Summit on Advancing American Leadership in Quantum Information Science, held on Monday, September 24.

Mordijck to Lead U.S. Department of Energy Milestone Initiative

Saskia Mordijck, assistant professor of applied science at William & Mary, will serve as the global leader of the Joint Research Target for the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, working with labs throughout the world to solve the complicated problem of refueling fusion reactions.

$2.5M Grant Funds Real-Time Monitoring of Underground Carbon Sequestration

Researchers from Penn State, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Texas at Austin are partnering on a new $2.5-million project to illuminate what happens to carbon dioxide during underground sequestration.

Piezomagnetic Material Changes Magnetic Properties When Stretched

Piezoelectric materials, which generate an electric current when compressed or stretched, are familiar and widely used: think of lighters that spark when you press a switch, but also microphones, sensors, motors and all kinds of other devices. Now a group of physicists at UC Davis have found a material with a similar property, but for magnetism.

Getting a Better Look at Living Cells

Scientists at University of Illinois at Chicago, Florida State University, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a sample holder device with 25 transparent windows that works with most transmission electron microscopes to significantly reduce the exposure of live samples to the electron beam used in transmission electron microscopy.

Democratizing Science: Researchers Make Neuroscience Experiments Easier to Share and Reproduce

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an open-access browser to display, analyze and share neurological data collected through a type of magnetic resonance imaging study known as diffusion-weighted MRI.

Christoph Benning wins 2018 MSU Innovator of the Year Award with John Ohlrogge

The scientists won for identifying the WRINKELD1 gene and developing its use to engineer plant oils and lipids. Benning is MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory director. Ohlrogge is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Plant Biology.

‘Theory Guy’ Colin Egerer Selected for Elite Department of Energy Program

Colin Egerer, a Ph.D. student in William & Mary's Department of Physics, is one of only 60 grad students to be selected in 2018 for the DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

Through Thick and Thin: Researchers Solve Decades-old Fluid Question

A team of nanoscientists and physicists from Argonne National Laboratory has unraveled this 30-year mystery by studying a shear-thickening fluid with X-rays. The study could lead to applications in 3-D printing, the chemical industry and the biomedical field.

Nuclear Radiation Detecting Device Could Lead to New Homeland Security Tool

A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that could provide a significantly less expensive alternative to the detectors now in commercial use.