Pfizer’s new antiviral drug, Paxlovid, has demonstrated promising results in clinical trials, achieving an 89%…
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is a federal agency responsible for advancing the nation’s energy policy, ensuring energy security, and supporting scientific and technological innovation. It oversees the development and regulation of energy production, including renewable energy, fossil fuels, and nuclear power, while also managing the country’s nuclear weapons program and cleanup of legacy nuclear sites. Through its network of national laboratories, the DOE funds and conducts cutting-edge research in physics, climate science, materials, computing, and more. The agency plays a critical role in shaping a sustainable energy future and driving scientific discovery in service of national interests.
Scientists have introduced liquibots, tiny self-powered robots that operate continuously in a solution, transporting chemicals…
Quantum computing holds the promise of outperforming traditional computers by harnessing properties like superposition, where…
Berkeley Lab research efforts in advanced materials and cost analyses give major boost to an…
What Are Neutron Stars? A giant star faces several possible fates when it dies in…
What Are Supernovae? A supernova is the colossal explosion of a star. Scientists have identified…
What Are High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas? High energy density (HED) laboratory plasmas are perhaps…
Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential Ever since graphene – a thin carbon sheet…
What Is Machine Learning? Machine learning is the process of using computers to detect patterns…
What Is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial Intelligence (AI) simply means intelligence in machines, in contrast to…
Supercomputer simulations show that neutron star mergers expel vast amounts of neutron-rich matter, creating heavy…
Scientists at Sandia National Labs invent new yardstick for benchmarking performance. What does a quantum…
Breakthrough regulates household temperature without consuming natural gas or electricity. Scientists have developed an all-season…
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It…
Two recent papers settle long-standing questions about algorithms on future quantum computers. Recent theoretical breakthroughs…
Novel theorem demonstrates convolutional neural networks can always be trained on quantum computers, overcoming threat…
Sunlight boosts 2D perovskite solar cell efficiency, edging the technology toward real-world use. Using the…
Sizing Up the Challenges in Extracting Lithium From Geothermal Brine Berkeley Lab scientists assess the…