Science Headlines

Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' Supercomputer is World's Fastest

Six-core upgrade has 70 percent more computational muscle than last year's quad-core

Secretary Chu announces up to $12.5 million to support fellowships to outstanding students pursuing graduate training in areas of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, engineering, and environmental and computational sciences relevant to the Office of Science. Applications are due November 30, 2009

President Obama named nine eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science, one of the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors. Special congratulations for the two DOE laboratory-affiliated awardees

University of Texas and Stanford University Professors to Share Presidential Award

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation

WorldWideScience provides a one-stop search engine to mine global scientific databases in the deep web

U.S Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $327 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward scientific research, instrumentation, and laboratory infrastructure projects

DOE-Funded Research Projects Win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009

Obama Administration Honors DOE Scientists and Engineers with Presidential Early Career Awards

Secretary Chu: President's Energy Budget Creates Jobs, Restores America's Scientific Leadership and Puts Nation on the Path to Energy Independence

Appointment of Dr. Edmund Synakowski

The White House today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will invest $777 million in Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years.