Direct Current - An Energy.gov Podcast

By: U.S. Department of Energy
  • Summary

  • Direct Current is a podcast about energy -- the kind that lights our homes, powers our lives and shapes our world. From the U.S. Department of Energy's digital team in Washington, D.C., Direct Current brings you fresh, insightful stories of how we generate and use electricity, what that means for the planet, and the cutting-edge science that's driving a global energy revolution.
    © 2024 U.S. Department of Energy
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Episodes
  • S5 E4: Science Powered by Exascale
    Jan 10 2025

    What is exascale computing? Why does it matter? To find out, we connected with the computing experts at DOE's national laboratories. Join us as we discuss the arduous journey to build three of the fastest computers in the world and their software. After more than a decade of planning and work, these powerful exascale computers are now enabling groundbreaking research that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. With research in cancer, biofuels, space exploration, and more, exascale computing is bringing scientific discovery to new heights.

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    24 mins
  • S5 E3: The Next Generation Science of Pandemics
    Dec 6 2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic serves as a stark reminder that, despite our great achievements, we are still bound by the laws of our own biology. And while the Coronavirus has been a tragedy on a global scale, it has also pushed the scientific community to new levels of cooperation, coordination, and discovery. Join us while we discuss the extraordinary advancements brought about by the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory's work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though we still face many obstacles in pandemic prevention, detection, and mitigation. Thankfully, the DOE and its National laboratories are uniquely qualified to meet these challenges, head-on. We have mobilized like never before, and have powerful new collaborative tools in our arsenal.

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    22 mins
  • S5 E2: Fully Charged: How Batteries Are Combating the Climate Crisis, Part 2
    Jul 25 2024

    The second of two episodes, we’re going under the hood to take a look at something these EVs all share in common — a battery. Where do they come from? How do they work? And how the U.S. is working to meet the demand for millions of batteries for EVs, grid storage, and more.

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    22 mins

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