Students Nationwide to Compete in 29th Department of Energy National Science Bowl®
More than 14,000 middle- and high-school students from around the country will participate in fast-paced competitions covering all areas of science and mathematics.
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Funding: Department of Energy Announces Early Career Research Program for FY 2019
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today it is accepting proposals for the tenth year of the DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers. Support will begin in 2019 for over 50 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE national laboratories.
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Revealing Hidden Spin: Unlocking New Paths Toward High-Temperature Superconductors
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a SARPES (spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy) detector to uncover a distinct pattern of electron spins within high-temperature cuprate superconductors.
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Funding: U.S. Department of Energy Announces $33 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it will award 189 grants totaling $33 million to 149 small businesses in 32 states. Funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, today’s selections are for Phase I research and development.
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Funding: DOE to Provide $16 Million for New Research into Atmospheric and Terrestrial Processes
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $16 million for new observational research aimed at improving the accuracy of today’s climate and earth system models.
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2018’s Top Stories from the Office of Science
Twenty of our most popular stories from the past year.
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Funding: Department of Energy Announces $16 Million for Low-Temperature Plasma Research Centers and Facilities
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $16 million to establish new centers and collaborative research facilities for research in low-temperature plasma science and engineering.
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Funding: Department of Energy Announces $14 Million for Research on Fusion Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $14 million for new research on fusion energy. Research will be based on data from one of the nation’s foremost fusion energy facilities, the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility at General Atomics in San Diego.
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Funding: Department of Energy Issues Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Funding Opportunity Announcement
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has issued the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) second Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for Fiscal Year 2019.
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Funding: Department of Energy to Provide $104 Million to Support Small Businesses
The DOE Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs announced the FY 2019 Phase II Release 1 FOA with approximately $104 million in available funding for previous small business awardees.
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Science Up-Close: Blasting Molecules with Extreme X-Rays
To better understand how damage from high-energy X-rays affects imaging, researchers shot the most powerful X-ray laser in the world at a series of atoms and molecules.
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Capturing a Snapshot of a Complex Catalyst
When looking to understand how a promising catalyst splits water, scientists got more than they expected.
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