Ideas
These 3 Energy Storage Technologies Can Help Solve the Challenge of Moving to 100% Renewable Electricity
Energy storage can make facilities like solar farms more profitable by letting them store power for cloudy days.
Emerging Tech
Energy Awards $54 Million in Microelectronics Grants
The awards are designed to increase energy efficiency and stimulate U.S.-based innovation.
Emerging Tech
Argonne National Lab Inches Closer to Exascale Age with New ‘Testbed’ Supercomputer
Polaris will support the Energy Department’s user community as it prepares for new, more powerful computing capabilities.
Emerging Tech
Oak Ridge-Made Software Platform Digitally Twins All U.S. Buildings
Those involved aim to help improve nationwide decision-making about energy efficiency.
Digital Government
How DHS and a National Lab Aim to Advance First Responders’ Drug Detection
As opioid abuse rises, government officials are engaging with states and industry to improve tech used to spot narcotics.
Digital Government
National Labs Move to Support Researchers Seeking Name Changes on Past Work
As part of broader inclusivity campaigns, the labs aim to relieve some burdens faced by transgender authors or others whose names have changed over their professions.
Ideas
How the Energy Department Can Improve Cybersecurity in the Energy Industry
The Energy Department has an obligation to protect both public and private energy interests on critical infrastructure.
Emerging Tech
Bill Would Commit Tens of Billions to Modernize National Labs
Rep. Bill Foster shed light on how the bill fits into a broader Congressional strategy to boost U.S. investments in science and research, and what’s to come for the National Lab Caucus.
Cybersecurity
Energy Updates Assessment Tool for Administration’s 100-Day Cybersecurity Sprint
The update comes as lawmakers jostle for jurisdiction over cybersecurity across multiple critical infrastructure sectors with a slew of bills advancing in both chambers of Congress.
Cybersecurity
Energy’s Cyber Response Office Misspent Millions Due to Lack of Budget Management
Complaints alleged the relatively new CESER misspent $11.7 million, though the inspector general could only substantiate some of those claims.
Artificial Intelligence
National Lab Researchers Boost Chip Design Processes With Artificial Intelligence
The experiments could hold the potential to help ease future semiconductor shortages.
Cybersecurity
Energy Department Revising Cybersecurity Requirements for Nuclear Administration Contractors
The changes are coming as the industry argues current regulations are overly burdensome.
Cybersecurity
National Lab Recommends Energy Department Test Electric Utility Vendors for Cybersecurity
A broad spectrum of organizations are calling on regulators to improve suppliers instead of simply banning foreign companies.
Podcasts
Critical Update: How to Develop Apps for Supercomputers that Don’t Exist Yet
The Energy Department will soon launch machines capable of completing a quintillion calculations a second.
Artificial Intelligence
New National Lab Supercomputer Inches America Closer to the Exascale Era
Officials said it should lead the Top500 list ranking the world’s most powerful machines.
Digital Government
3 Cabinet Secretaries on How Their Experiences Inform Their Leadership and Pandemic Response
Marcia Fudge, Jennifer Granholm and Gina Raimondo said they all had to staff up when they started running their agencies — but that it gave them a chance to diversify.
Emerging Tech
Energy Department to Fund Research into All Forms of Nuclear Matter
The agency has $10 million for projects that blend quantum information science with nuclear physics.
Cybersecurity
Energy Department Leading White House Interagency Response to Pipeline Attack
The hack highlights jurisdictional issues on pipeline cybersecurity.
Ideas
What Texas Power Outages Can Teach Us About Securing the Electric Grid
Cyber threats have the potential to impact the power grid in a similarly serious manner.
Artificial Intelligence
General Motors Licenses Neural Network Tech from National Lab
The artificial intelligence-driven system can design thousands of networks in hours instead of years.
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