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DOE's National Science Bowl® is a
nationwide academic competition for high school students to
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With the 21st Century dawns what many have called the
"biological century," in which advances in biology—spurred by achievements in
genomic research, including the sequencing of the human genome—will bring
revolutionary and unconventional solutions to some of mankind’s most pressing
and expensive challenges in health, energy, the environment, and national
security (www.science.doe.gov/ober/lsdrestopic.html).
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Conference tackles interstate transmission
The US electricity grid is strained to its limit, and the nation's windiest and sunniest places are rarely near cities that generate high demand. Finding ways to string new power lines across several states is a challenge for even the most creative regulators and energy analysts determined to increase America's use of renewable energy.
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Both directions at once
The challenge of controlling climate change is a goal that, to many, appears to be at odds with the equally important goal of energy security. However, the idea that the two goals are somehow mutually exclusive is not one accepted by ORNL energy researcher David Greene. "We don't want to sacrifice one for the other," he says. "We want -- and we believe it possible -- to achieve environmental goals and energy security goals at the same time.
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