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You may have heard of "chestnuts roasting on an open fire," but have you ever seen a chestnut tree?
A blight killed billions of them in the early 1900s, but researchers @ORNL & @jgi are using genomics and biochemical profiling to help restore them:
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“This is something we haven't seen before in nature” - Rachael Kretsch @stanford. Using tools @SLACLab, she led a team that discovered beautiful complexes of RNA that didn’t have any proteins to support them. The work is giving new insights into RNA:
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Announcing @ENERGY's Quantum Genesis Q Competition!
The goal? Demonstrate the world's first fault-tolerant, scientifically-relevant quantum computers:
Are you an expert at managing large facilities and supporting the execution of performance-based contracts? The Office of Science is looking for a Site Office Manager for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Apply today:
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“I love experimental science. Going into a lab and not knowing what’s going to come out of it.” - Mary Danielson @ORNL & @UTKnoxville. Searching for new ways to break down plastic, she made a sticky chemical. Now it's being developed into an adhesive:
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The @ENERGY Office of Science's facilities make our world-leading scientific research possible.
Join a virtual town hall on Sept. 17 to give input on the future of these facilities:
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A happy accident + curiosity = discovery, at least for Eva Andrei's team @RutgersU in 2009.
They found that 2D materials stacked with a twist resulted in new properties, creating the field of "twistronics" and earning Andrei a @KavliPrize in nanoscience:
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What is one of the best ways to prepare doctoral-level students for science and tech jobs through the Genesis Mission?
Attend our virtual town hall on Sept. 24 to share your input on an anticipated Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship pilot:
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Innovation requires researchers ready to tackle big challenges. Our Graduate Student Research program is accepting applications for U.S. grad students to conduct part of their research at an @ENERGY DOE National Lab or site. Apply now:
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A quantum system big enough to touch seems impossible, considering that quantum science studies subatomic items.
In 1985, a team @BerkeleyLab developed one, which is now the foundation for today's superconducting qubits:
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Helping students build their future in STEM!
This fall, 151 students will participate in unique hands-on research and technical training at @ENERGY National Laboratories and a fusion facility.
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How do you turn wasted plastic garbage into useful glue?
While investigating methods to develop better plastics, researchers at @ORNL discovered a process to make a versatile adhesive that even works underwater:
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Quantum information science can offer new windows into high energy physics and our universe as a whole.
@ENERGY announced $7.3 M for 8 projects that will develop new quantum sensors and applications for quantum computers in this field:
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The Genesis Mission is about applying AI to solve real scientific challenges and during my visit to @INL, I saw that mission in action—from nuclear fuels and materials research to high-performance computing and reactor demonstrations that accelerate discovery.
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FUSION: ENERGY WITHOUT LIMITS
The @ENERGY Office of Science's facilities make our world-leading scientific research possible.
Join a virtual town hall on Sept. 17 to give input on the future of these facilities:
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The Genesis Mission depends on partnership.
National Labs, academia, industry, philanthropy, government, and international partners each play an important role in driving AI-enabled breakthroughs at speed and scale.
Learn more about our partners:
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Have ideas on how to develop the computing platforms of tomorrow?
@ENERGY’s Genesis Mission is seeking innovative ideas and evaluation criteria for future public-private computing partnerships. Submit your input:
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