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1-Mar-2004
Budget talks
Flat budgets, visa roadblocks, contract competition and the search for a new director stood out as the hot topics at the Universities Research Association's annual Council of Presidents meeting on February 4 at the National Academy of Sciences. And with the unveiling of the Department of Energy's FY05 budget request only days before the meeting, it came as no surprise when funding concerns took center stage.

1-Mar-2004
Good neighbor policy
In a major step toward strengthening relationships with its neighbors, Fermilab is forming a Community Task Force on Public Participation with about 25 representatives from DuPage, Kane and DeKalb Counties.

1-Mar-2004
The power of one
Plans and hopes for a Linear Collider chart a straight course toward unification.

19-Feb-2004
A new layer of sensitivity
Fermilab scientists are adding a new front line to the battery of sensors inside the giant DZero detector. They've just completed the design of a new set of sensors, to be installed in a very confined space, which will give new life to the experiment.

19-Feb-2004
DZero breaks new ground in global computing efforts
Searching for subatomic particles very much resembles the often-cited search for the needle in the haystack. Since the beginning of Collider Run II in March 2001, DZero scientists have collected more than 550 million particle collisions. The data fill five stacks of CDs as high as the Eiffel tower--storage cases not included. And the (hay)stacks are growing every day.

19-Feb-2004
NLC collaboration reaches critical high-power X-band goal
The team, part of the U.S.-Japanese Next Linear Collider-Global Linear Collider collaboration, is working on X-band accelerator technology (for the so-called "warm" linear collider). The international particle physics community is also considering another technology option for the linear collider: superconducting radiofrequency technology, being pursued by the TESLA collaboration led by DESY in Germany.

18-Feb-2004
Spectral library sheds light on chemicals
A chemical's "John Hancock" can give it away. Just as a person's signature is unique and a sure way to weed out imposters and arrive at the truth, a chemical's spectral signature is a trustworthy form of identification. And such revealing information is becoming ever more vital in a world where detection of toxic substances could save lives and the environment.

18-Feb-2004
N4 links regional nanoscience and nanotechnology efforts
The Northwest Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Network--or N4--is magnifying communication about nano-related research in the Pacific Northwest region.

18-Feb-2004
PNNL and NASA team on fuel cell research
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the NASA Glenn Research Center will collaborate in solving one of the toughest technical challenges to the development of advanced solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). The two research organizations have signed a Space Act Agreement to team on the development of sealing technologies for the stacks of SOFCs.

18-Feb-2004
A genetic sleight-of-wing
Ecologists have come to rely on a tiny fly called the midge as an environmental sentinel--an entomological canary-in-a-coal-mine for rivers. They have learned that a variety of midge species thrive in healthy streams, whereas in polluted water, like that near a lead mine, midge species can dwindle to nothing. So by skimming the skins that pupating midges shed as they enter adulthood, ecologists can attain a cheap snapshot of a stream's living conditions.

18-Feb-2004
Linking environmental issues leads to expanded views
Dr. Marburger sets out a formidable challenge--one that requires fundamental change in the purpose and scope of environmental science. Cleanup isn't enough; we must take a far more proactive view of environmental issues, one that considers the intricate network of ramifications that decisions, missions and activities have on each other and the environment.

18-Feb-2004
Cleaning up energy production
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are playing a lead role on a combined Department of Energy and industry effort to build a 275-megawatt coal-fired plant that will gasify coal to produce electricity and hydrogen. In that gasification process, carbon dioxide would be captured and sequestered.

18-Feb-2004
Energy moves in new directions
Meeting our needs with cleaner, more efficient energy is absolutely critical to our quality of life. It helps provide for the continued prosperity of the United States as well as helping raise the standard of living in the rest of the world. Energy is important to global and national security and is at the core of DOE's mission.

18-Feb-2004
Bringing data to light
Being able to find the "needle" of information in a "haystack" of millions of words is a capability with many beneficial uses, particularly to secure the homeland. For more than three decades, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed an array of information visualization tools to help find that crucial needle in the haystack.

18-Feb-2004
Systems biologists�modern-day Lewis and Clark
I compare PNNL's work with biological systems to the work of explorers--and settlers. We are like the explorers who set out to discover distant places, paving the way for the pioneers who settled them. In traditional biology, we have almost finished cataloging the different parts of living organisms and now we want to integrate what we know. We're ready to build the infrastructure we need to settle certain biological areas.

17-Feb-2004
Science and technology on the front line against terrorism
Winning the war on terrorism and securing the homeland will require innovative science and technology solutions. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is in an excellent position to develop science and technology for strengthening America's ability to defend itself against terrorism.

17-Feb-2004
Advances bring new zest to biological research
The late U.S. President Herbert Hoover once remarked, "New discoveries in science...will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who would still adventure." Though we have witnessed significant advances in science and technology, there is much to discover. Each new understanding prompts new questions and challenges.

17-Feb-2004
Critical information for critical situations
Each year, tens of thousands of people around the world die in natural and human-caused disasters. In an emergency, the ability to obtain and track highly dynamic status information is crucial for control rooms, incident command centers (ICCs) and emergency operations centers (EOCs).

17-Feb-2004
One person's garbage is another's power
The Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sequim, Wash., has turned to the garbage dump to power its operations. One hundred percent of MSL's electrical energy needs now are supplied by "green power" provided by methane gas from a sanitary waste landfill. Green power refers to environmentally preferred power, generated by resources regarded as having certain environmental benefits--such as wind, solar and geothermal.

17-Feb-2004
PNNL wins record grant for proteomics center
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has won a five-year, $10.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a center for basic research in proteomics. This is the largest NIH award in PNNL's 38-year history.

10-Feb-2004
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science unveils strategic plan
The Department of Energy's Office of Science, the Nation's leading supporter of the physical sciences, is unveiling its 20-year vision for the future of science supported by DOE. The Office of Science Strategic Plan, produced after extensive consultations with the U.S. scientific community, sets concrete goals and priorities that will dramatically infleunec the direction of basic research in the U.S. for decades to come.

9-Feb-2004
Elbert Branscomb selected as Associate Director for Biology and Biotechnology Research
Elbert Branscomb, the chief scientist for the Department of Energy's Genome Program and the former director of the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek has been selected as the new Associate Director for Biology and Biotechnology Research (BBRP) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The appointment is effective immediately. Branscomb will replace Bert Weinstein, who has served as acting associate director for the directorate since 2000.

1-Jan-2004
Are we ready for the dark side?
Simply put, dark energy is a mystery. The expansion of the universe is accelerating, and theorists believe that dark energy is the driving force behind it. Evidence shows that dark energy makes up approximately 70 percent of the universe, meaning 25 percent is dark matter and 4 percent is matter made of atoms.

1-Jan-2004
Looking ahead: Fermilab prospects in 2004
As we approach the New Year it is a good time to predict the future. What will be happening at Fermilab in 2004?

5-Dec-2003
Anthony Thomas accepts position of Chief Scientist and Theory Group Leader at Jefferson Lab
The Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is pleased to announce that Dr. Anthony Thomas has accepted the position of Chief Scientist and Head of the Theory Group at Jefferson Lab.