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

New Algorithm Can More Quickly Predict LED Materials

Researchers from the University of Houston have devised a new machine learning algorithm that is efficient enough to run on a personal computer and predict the properties of more than 100,000 compounds in search of those most likely to be efficient phosphors for LED lighting.

Tethered Antibodies Present a Potential New Approach to Prevent Influenza Virus Infections All Season Long

As co-leaders of an international collaboration, scientists at Scripps Research have discovered that tethering four antibodies together may be an effective strategy for neutralizing all types of influenza virus known to infect humans.

Yale Receives $3.6 Million to Build Quantum Computer Memory

Earlier this month, a group of Yale researchers received a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build the memory components of quantum computers. The research team, led by professor of electrical engineering Hong Tang, works out of Yale’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Yale Quantum Institute.

Next-gen Camera for South Pole Telescope Takes Data on Early Universe

The University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory—have worked together to build a new, ultra-sensitive camera for the South Pole telescope, containing 16,000 specially manufactured detectors.

Cornell Receives Nearly $3.5M in Federal Push for Quantum Information Research

Four Cornell researchers have received grants from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a $218 million federal push to advance quantum information science.

Inexpensive Chip-based Device May Transform Spectrometry

A new advance by researchers at MIT could make it possible to produce tiny spectrometers that are just as accurate and powerful but could be mass produced using standard chip-making processes. This approach could open up new uses for spectrometry that previously would have been physically and financially impossible.

Duo Awarded Grant to Develop New Energy Storage Solutions

With a recent three-year, $750,000 award from the Department of Energy EPSCoR program, Xiong and co-Principal Investigator Elton Graugnard, both from the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, are collaborating with researchers from Argonne National Laboratory to develop cathode materials that improve the capacity and lifetime of sodium ion batteries.

Colorado State University Selected for New Nationwide High-intensity Laser Network

Colorado State University scientists are joining a new research network called LaserNetUS, established by a two-year, $6.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Nuclear Fusion: Wrestling with Burning Questions on the Control of 'Burning Plasmas'

Recent work by members of Lehigh’s Plasma Control Laboratory will be presented at the 27th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fusions Conference in Gandhinagar, India. Their first piece of work, entitled “Physics-model-based Real-time Optimization for the Development of Steady-state Scenarios at DIII-D,” discusses recent experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of a model-based real-time optimization scheme to consistently achieve desired advanced scenarios at predefined times.

Georgetown Professor Awarded Two Department of Energy Grants

Professor James Freericks of the Department of Physics has received two grants totaling $1.75 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grants are both part of the Department of Energy’s recent $218 million initiative to promote quantum information science.

Genetic Behavior Reveals Cause of Death in Poplars Essential to Ecosystems

Scientists studying the valuable, but vulnerable, black cottonwood poplar have identified the genetic mechanism responsible for the species’ inability to resist a pervasive and deadly disease.

Rice U. Scientists Form Flat Tellurium

Amey Apte and his colleagues at Rice University made tellurium, a rare metal, into a film less than a nanometer (one-billionth of a meter) thick by melting a powder of the element at high temperature and blowing the atoms onto a surface.