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Argonne Efforts Accelerate 3-D Printing Journey

09.07.17 Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology are investigating the entire 3-D printing process, including the material properties of the metal powders and how the laser “melts” and shapes those powders into the desired components, to discover both how defects form and methods to avoid them.
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Arjun Shankar: Advancing National Missions Through Smart Data

09.07.17 Arjun Shankar, a computer scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, works at the intersection of these missions, bridging domain researchers and data scientists to transform big data into smart data in order to accelerate scientific discovery.
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Brookhaven Lab Says Goodbye to its 2017 Summer Interns, Future Leaders

09.06.17 On August 10, 2017, nearly 250 students studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields completed their summer internships at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Controlling Traffic on the Electron Highway: Researching Graphene

Graphene may revolutionize electronics. But first, researchers need to get its electrons under control. Read More »
New Results Reveal High Tunability of 2-D Material

Berkeley Lab-led team also provides most precise band gap measurement yet for hotly studied monolayer moly sulfide. Read More
Launching a Supercomputer: How to Set Up Some of the World’s Fastest Computers

To solve some of the world’s biggest scientific problems, you need some of the world’s biggest computers. The teams at the Department of Energy’s user facilities get these powerful supercomputers up and running. Read More »

Newly Discovered Semiconductor Dynamics May Help Improve Energy Efficiency
Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors have uncovered another reason these materials seem to lose their ability to carry a charge as they become more densely “doped.”
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Making Better Material for Fuel Cells
University of Delaware researchers make material to make fuel cells more durable and less expensive.
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Rice U. Solubility Study Could Impact Energy, Biology, Environment
Rice University chemical engineers have used the most realistic computer model yet devised to simulate the precise atomic and molecular interactions that come into play when water mixes with alkanes, a family of hydrocarbons that includes methane, propane and other products refined from petroleum and natural gas, such as paraffin.
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