Jefferson Lab Tapped to Lead Technology Development for Exploring Nuclear Waste Treatment Options | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility to lead two research projects that will develop new technologies for better managing the waste from nuclear power plants. The $8.17 million total in grants come from the Nuclear […]
Mantle Plume Versus Plate Tectonics | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Around 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth’s mantle reached the ocean floor as the crust stretched and thinned, creating a volcanic rifted margin between Norway and Greenland, a marine feature that […]
Feeling the Vibe
[ad_1] Newswise — It started with a social media post from Andrej Karpathy, one of the founders of OpenAI. Last year, he tweeted, “There’s a new kind of coding I call ‘vibe coding,’ where you fully give into the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.” Karpathy said that large language models and voice-to-text […]
How to Design Fatigue Resistance, Make Metal Alloys More Durable, Sustainable | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Illinois Grainger engineers have identified a fundamental deformation mechanism that can be leveraged to greatly enhance the fatigue properties of metals, opening the door to a new strategy for designing fatigue-resistant alloys. Metal alloys crack and fail through a mechanism called “fatigue” when repeatedly loaded and strained. While it is well known […]
WHOI’s Alan Seltzer earns prestigious F.G. Houtermans Award | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Woods Hole, Mass. (February 4, 2026) – Alan Seltzer, an affiliated scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), assistant professor at University College Dublin, and former WHOI postdoctoral scholar, has been named the 2026 recipient of the F.G. Houtermans Award by the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG). The award is among the […]
Q&A: Growing Novel Ultra-Pure Materials for Tomorrow’s Electronics | Newswise
[ad_1] BYLINE: Jamie Oberdick Newswise — UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pairing elements such as sulfur, selenium or tellurium with metals produces compounds whose atomic interactions give them unusual and useful electrical, optical and magnetic behavior. These materials, called chalcogenides, are the focus of Qihua “David” Zhang’s work as a postdoctoral researcher in the Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium (2DCC) at […]
Wine, Science, and Spectroscopy: Georgia Tech Outreach Produces Published Research | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — New work from Georgia Tech is showing how a simple glass of wine can serve as a powerful gateway for understanding advanced research and technologies. The project, inspired by an Atlanta Science Festival event hosted by School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Assistant Professor Andrew McShan, develops an innovative outreach and teaching module around nuclear […]
Fentanyl or Phony? Machine Learning Algorithm Learns to Pick Out Opioid Signatures | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — New forms of fentanyl are created every day. For law enforcement, that poses a challenge: how do you identify a chemical you’ve never seen before? Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) aim to answer that question with a machine learning model that can distinguish opioids from other chemicals with an accuracy […]
DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Graduate Student Research Awards
[ad_1] Newswise — Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2026 solicitation 1. Applications are due on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET. SCGSR application assistance workshops will be held on March 5, […]
AI Captures Particle Accelerator Behavior to Optimize Machine Performance
[ad_1] Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility features hundreds of fine-tuned components that accelerate electrons to 99.999% the speed of light. The electrons get this […]