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Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, was founded in 2016 to help startups grow. In many ways, the program’s own journey has followed a similar entrepreneurial path, evolving, adapting and embracing this mission. CRI’s path unfolded gradually, through years of iteration, hard questions, internal logistics challenges, early wins and course corrections.

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge and Idaho national laboratories announced a collaboration to expand the domestic supply chain of industrial pressure vessels. Together, the labs will help enable wire arc 3D printing of these large components, which are critical for energy-related industries and capable of reliably withstanding harsh service conditions. The initiative boosts the rapid expansion of U.S. nuclear manufacturing capabilities. The labs announced the collaboration Aug.

Biomanufacturing uses biological systems to produce chemicals or materials. For example, scientists use microbes' ability to ferment alcohol to develop bio-based fuels. In advanced aviation fuels, new formulas could have better performance and efficiency than current ones. One potential high-performance bio-based jet fuel is made from a chemical that is difficult to produce. However, biomanufacturing has the potential to make a precursor to this chemical, isoprenol.

CRAIC Technologies, a global innovator in UV-Visible-NIR microspectroscopy, today announced new technology updates to its 508PV™ Microscope Spectrophotometer, expanding its capabilities for researchers in the life sciences. The 508PV™ integrates seamlessly with standard optical microscopes, adding advanced spectroscopic measurements to complement imaging in biological, medical, and pharmaceutical laboratories.

The F1-GIF™ System integrates high-resolution EELS, direct detection, and multidimensional analysis to deliver comprehensive chemical and structural characterization. With materials science becoming increasingly complex, researchers no longer need to compromise among range, resolution, dose, or operational efficiency.

Forge Nano Breaks Ground on a major expansion of its lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Morrisville, North Carolina, as part of its U.S. battery manufacturing platform and in partnership with Samsung SDI.

A decades-long collaboration between two Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists is reshaping how we understand learning. Their findings suggest that cellular membranes play a direct role in how memory and learning form in the brain. This work aims to advance materials science for neuromorphic, or low-power, brain-inspired, computing technologies and neurological disorders.

Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. By redesigning the plasticizer as part of the end-of-life chemistry, researchers created a polymer system that links flexibility during use with an entirely different role after disposal. Paper: Plastics to fertilizer: A polymer system based on isosorbide as a monomer, plasticizer, and fertilizer.

Reviewed by Laura Thomson In battery research, water is regarded as a destructive element. Moisture can accelerate degradation, promote unwanted side reactions, and reduce long-term device stability. This is why manufacturers remove water during electrode production. However, new research from the University of Surrey challenges this.

A new type of plastic that turns into a gas when heated and reforms into a solid when cooled has been developed by scientists at the University of Surrey, opening up a new approach to processing and recycling polymers. In a study published in Macromolecules, researchers introduce a novel polymer that could simplify how materials are applied, removed and recycled by eliminating several of the complex processing steps used today.