2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Brookhaven Lab to Lead Software Development Project and Partner on Data Co-Design Center for DOE's Exascale Computing Project

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Exascale Computing Project (ECP) just awarded $34 million in first-year funding to 35 software development proposals and $12 million to four co-design center proposals.

‘Beautiful Accident’ Leads to Advances in High Pressure Materials Synthesis

Unexpected results from a neutron scattering experiment at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a new pathway for the synthesis of novel materials and also help explain the formation of complex organic structures observed in interstellar space.

A New Way to Image Solar Cells in 3-D

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to use optical microscopy to map thin-film solar cells in 3-D as they absorb photons.

X-ray Laser Gets First Real-time Snapshots of a Chemical Flipping a Biological Switch

Scientists have used the powerful X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to make the first snapshots of a chemical interaction between two biomolecules – one that flips an RNA “switch” that regulates production of proteins, the workhorse molecules of life.

New Catalyst for Making Methanol from Methane

A group of Brookhaven chemists have developed a catalyst for converting methane, the main component of abundant natural gas, directly to methanol at fairly low temperatures.

QMC Simulations Reveal Magnetic Properties of Titanium Oxide Material

By running computationally intensive quantum Monte Carlo simulations at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, researchers have demonstrated the ability to accurately calculate the magnetic properties of a titanium oxide material that exhibits useful properties for renewable energy and computing technologies.

ECP Announces $48M for Co-Design Centers

The Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) today announced that it has selected four co-design centers as part of a 4 year, $48 million funding award. The first year is funded at $12 million, and is to be allocated evenly among the four award recipients.

Supercomputing Award of 5.78 Billion Hours to 55 Computational Research Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced 55 projects with high potential for accelerating discovery through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.

ECP Awards $34M for Software Development

The Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) today announced the selection of 35 software development proposals representing 25 research and academic organizations.

Solar Cells Get Boost with Integration of Water-Splitting Catalyst onto Semiconductor

Led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst for integration with a solar cell, and the result is a big boost to the stability and efficiency of artificial photosynthesis.

Argonne Researchers Win Three 2016 R&D 100 Awards

The awards, organized by R&D magazine, are given out annually for the top technologies of the year, at the R&D 100 Awards and Technology Conference.

Accelerating Cancer Research with Deep Learning

Using the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at ORNL, researchers applied deep learning to extract useful information from cancer pathology reports, a foundational element of cancer surveillance.