The JGI Announces Selections for their 2023 Community Science Program Annual Call

The Joint Genome Institute at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is excited to announce the fifteen scientists selected for our 2023 Community Science Program Annual Call.
DOE Selects JLab to Lead New High Performance Data Facility Hub

The HPDF will be a $300-500 million first-of-its-kind computing and data infrastructure resource, providing unprecedented data management resources for research.
Congress Averts Shutdown with a 45-day Stopgap Funding Bill

Congress on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023 passed a stopgap funding bill that will keep agencies open for 45 days, averting at the 11th hour a shutdown.
NSF Funds Design of World-Leading EP-OPAL Laser Facility

NSF has awarded the University of Rochester nearly $18 million over three years to design and prototype key technologies for the OMEGA Extended Performance Optical Parametric Amplifier Line (EP-OPAL).
DOE Office of Science Funds High Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS) Instrument at FRIB

The High Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS) instrument at FRIB will enable scientists to characterize the properties of isotopes that are created in rare-isotope reactions produced at about 50 percent of the speed of light.
Sept. 30: Proposal Deadline for Brookhaven’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials

The Center for Functional Nanomaterials is a science laboratory specializing in nanoscale research. They provide Advanced Optical Spectroscopy & Microscopy, Materials Synthesis and Characterization, Theory & Computation, Nanofabrication and more.
July 24 – 28 EMSL Summer School: Demystifying Multiomics with Data Science

World-class researchers will provide instruction around the fundamentals and complexities of omics data. Geared toward PhD students and postdoctoral associates, but all are welcome to attend.
House Science Committee Passes DOE Research Partnership Bills

The DOE and NSF Interagency Research Act, DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act and FAA R&D Act “contribute to a larger effort to improve federal R&D”.
RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions at Nearly the Speed of Light

New sPHENIX detector and a range of upgraded components at STAR will see full-energy heavy-ion collisions for the first time.
Commentary: A Next-Generation Strategy for American Science

By U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), Chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Space, Science, and Technology.