tech2018-09-13
David Green, a computational physicist in the Theory and Modeling group of the Fusion and Materials for Nuclear Systems Division, came to ORNL as a postdoc from Newcastle University in Australia. He studied physics during his undergraduate years and worked for a semester in a professor’s lab, whic....Read more
tech2018-09-13
The upgraded collider will produce collisions at seven times the rate of the current LHC. Apresyan’s work will ensure the CMS detector can take on the particle flood. Source: DOE (science.energy.gov) ....Read more
tech2018-09-12
If you think plasma thrusters are found only in science fiction, think again. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have been uncovering the physics behind these high-tech engines, which maneuver satellites in space. New research involving ....Read more
tech2018-09-12
In the quest to find the key to a rainforest dwelling bacterium’s lignin-degrading ability, researchers at the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have constructed a gene expression system that outperforms conventional systems. Controlling gene expression is crucial to ....Read more
tech2018-09-11
Argonne has patented a new process for synthesizing vanadium dioxide nanoparticles that makes manufacturing energy-efficient “smart windows” economical. Source: DOE (science.energy.gov) ....Read more
tech2018-09-11
The Brookhaven Lab scientists, engineers, and support staff who run the Solenoidal Tracker (STAR) experiment at the Lab’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) received one of 17 Achievement Awards presented by Secretary of Energy Rick Perry at the Secretary’s Honor Awards ceremony held in Wash....Read more
tech2018-09-11
Physicists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, working with a team of collaborators from the United States and the National Fusion Research Institute in Korea, have successfully predicted the entire set of beneficial 3D distortions for controlling ELMs without creating more problems. Researchers....Read more
tech2018-09-10
A research team at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory has now discovered a way to create functional materials from the impure waste sugars produced in the biorefining processes. Source: DOE (science.energy.gov) ....Read more
tech2018-09-07
A team of electrical designers develops specialized microchips for a broad range of scientific applications, including X-ray science and particle physics. Source: DOE (science.energy.gov) ....Read more
tech2018-09-07
The two ProtoDUNE detectors will help finalize the two different technologies that will be used for the four modules that will comprise DUNE’s far detector and will be filled with 70,000 tons of liquid argon. Source: DOE (science.energy.gov) ....Read more
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