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Matthew Fields, director of MSU's Center for Biofilm Engineering, has been selected to serve on a U.S. Department of Energy advisory board.

Research to convert plastic using a bacterium to upcycle the plastic into a value-added chemical is supported with a three-year, $861,571 DOE grant.

DOE’s Office of Science is working to reduce the need for critical materials, recycle them, and expand domestic sources of them.

Friction in plasma gets weird in the presence of very strong magnetic fields, a team of plasma researchers at the University of Michigan has shown.

Duke engineers and materials scientists are discovering and designing new materials to meet energy demands for a more sustainable future.

The ability to use a broader range of the infrared spectrum, tunable within one device, could help meet the growing demand for applications.

Researchers at the University of North Florida’s Atomic LEGO Lab discovered a new electronic phenomenon they call “asymmetric ferroelectricity."

The awards are part of $6.4M in total DOE funding for seven projects for research on two international fusion energy stellarator facilities.

A team developed a bioprocess that completely and efficiently converted plant matter consisting of acetate and xylose into high-value bioproducts.

The U.S. is now the world’s largest producer of petroleum and natural gas. That level of production brings real challenges, particularly when it comes to production processes known as flaring and venting that cause greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).