ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2022: * * * New software can integrate millions of distributed power devices, such as batteries and solar panels, to help solve grid issues of today and prepare for challenges of tomorrow. * * * Our already complex power grid is getting even more intricate, thanks to distributed energy resources (DERs) -- devices that generate power and store ener  more

IRVINE, California, Sept. 21 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and four national laboratories have devised a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without using cobalt, a mineral plagued by price volatility and geopolitical complications. In a paper published today in Nature, the scientists describe how they overcame thermal and chemical-mechanica  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The University of Utah has announced the creation of a new oneAPI Center of Excellence focused on developing portable, scalable and performant data compression techniques. The oneAPI Center will be headed out of the University of Utah's Center for Extreme Data Management Analysis and Visualization (CEDMAV) and will involve the cooperation of Lawrence Live  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 22 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, discovered a key material needed for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. The commercially relevant approach opens a potential pathway to improve charging speeds for electric vehicles. Lithium-ion batteries, or LIBs, play an essential role in  more