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Showing releases 126-150 out of 188. << < 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 > >>
Public Release: 10-Sep-2012
ORNL roof and attic design proves efficient in summer and winter A new kind of roof-and-attic system field-tested at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory keeps homes cool in summer and prevents heat loss in winter, a multi-seasonal efficiency uncommon in roof and attic design. Contact: Bill Cabage
Public Release: 10-Sep-2012
 Nature BiotechnologyExpanding database enables discoveries in emerging field of metabolomics Over the last decade, metabolomics has emerged as the newest of the "omic" sciences (following genomics and proteomics) to provide comprehensive biochemical information about cellular metabolism. This new field has revealed that many of the chemicals involved in or produced through metabolism are currently unknown, but may play vital and previously unappreciated roles in human health and disease. 
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy
Contact: Mika Ono
Public Release: 10-Sep-2012
ScienceSalt seeds clouds in the Amazon rainforest Analysis at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source was a key contributor to the discovery, by a team led by the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry, that potassium salts emitted into the Amazon rainforest biosphere during the night by plants and fungi are the minuscule particles on which organic compounds condense to form cloud nuclei – the seeds of mist and clouds that each day form anew over the jungle.
Max Planck Socuiety, US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 10-Sep-2012
Nature Climate ChangeLawrence Livermore researchers find wind power not enough to affect global climate Though there is enough power in the earth's winds to be a primary source of near-zero emission electric power for the world, large-scale high altitude wind power generation is unlikely to substantially affect climate. Contact: Anne Stark
Public Release: 9-Sep-2012
Nature MaterialsNano-velcro clasps heavy metal molecules in its grips Researchers have devised a simple, system based on nanoparticles, to detect mercury as well as others pollutants. This technology makes it possible to easily and inexpensively test for these substances in water and, more importantly, in the fish that we eat. This will be published in Nature Material on September 9, 2012.
Eni, US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, US Department of Energy
Contact: Francesco Stellacci
Public Release: 7-Sep-2012
ScienceClearer look at how iron reacts in the environment Scientists have developed a the first way to watch electrons hop in semiconductors. This opens research possibilities for premeditation, solar cells, batteries, hydrogen generation, catalysis.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Tona Kunz
Public Release: 6-Sep-2012
ScienceRust never sleeps A multi-institutional team led by scientists at Berkeley Lab have directly observed electron hopping in iron oxide particles, a phenomonon that holds huge significance for a broad range of environment- and energy-related applications.
US Department of Energy, Office of Science, National Cancer Institute
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 6-Sep-2012
UT Arlington professors to help make Higgs-search technology available The University of Texas at Arlington and the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven and Argonne national laboratories will develop a universal version of PanDA, a workload management system built to process huge volumes of data from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. The new project will bolster science and engineering research that relies on "big data," a priority recently promoted by the White House.
US Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research
Contact: Traci Peterson
Public Release: 6-Sep-2012
September 2012 story tips Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oklahoma's ClimateMaster Inc. have collaborated to develop a ground source heat pump that can reduce a homeowner's electric bill by up to 60 percent. Owners of electric cars could kiss that cumbersome cord goodbye without losing efficiency because of a proprietary technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 6-Sep-2012
ORNL's newly licensed neutron detector will advance human disease research A neutron detector developed for studies focused on life science, drug discovery and materials technology has been licensed by PartTec Ltd. The Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection technologies is moving the technology developed at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory toward the commercial marketplace. Contact: Jennifer Brouner
Public Release: 6-Sep-2012
Crews complete first block of North America's most advanced neutrino experiment Today, technicians in Minnesota will begin to position the first block of the NOvA far detector, which will be part of the largest, most advanced neutrino experiment in North America.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Andre Salles
Public Release: 5-Sep-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesForcing the molecular bond issue Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry developed a first-of-its-kind model for providing a comprehensive description of the way in which molecular bonds form and rupture. This model enables researchers to predict the "binding free energy" of a given molecular system, a key to predicting how that molecule will interact with other molecules.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 5-Sep-2012
LEDs winning light race to save energy, the environment A PNNL report shows light-emitting diode light bulbs, also known as LEDs, are more environmentally friendly than compact fluorescent and incandescent lights. LEDs' environmental edge is expected to grow substantially as technology and manufacturing methods improve by 2017.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Franny White
Public Release: 3-Sep-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMass spec makes the clinical grade A new mass spectrometry-based test identifies proteins from blood with as much accuracy and sensitivity as the antibody-based tests used clinically, researchers report this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition online. The head-to-head comparison using blood samples from cancer patients measured biomarkers, proteins whose presence identifies a disease or condition. The technique should be able to speed up development of protein-specific diagnostic tests and treatment.
National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy
Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 30-Aug-2012
New cybersecurity tool suite demonstrated this week A new suite of cybersecurity software tools is being demonstrated at Idaho National Lab this week. The tools will help the electric utility industry protect their control system networks from cyber attack.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Misty Benjamin
Public Release: 30-Aug-2012
Los Alamos provides HOPE for radiation belt storm probes Los Alamos National Laboratory expertise in radiation detection and shielding is poised to help a national team of scientists better understand a mysterious region that can create hazardous space weather near our home planet. Contact: James E. Rickman
Public Release: 30-Aug-2012
ScienceUp in the air: Heating by black carbon aerosol re-evaluated Black carbon, in the form of soot particles, has been ranked just behind carbon dioxide for its role in warming regional and global climates. But a new study finds airborne black carbon absorbs significantly less sunlight than scientists had predicted, leading an international team of researchers to reconsider the impact of soot on atmospheric warming.
NOAA, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, California Air Resources Board, Canadian Federal Government
Contact: Ed Hayward
Public Release: 30-Aug-2012
ScienceScience study shows 'promiscuous' enzymes still prevalent in metabolism Open an undergraduate biochemistry textbook and you will learn that enzymes are highly efficient and specific in catalyzing chemical reactions in living organisms, and that they evolved to this state from their "sloppy" and "promiscuous" ancestors to allow cells to grow more efficiently. This fundamental paradigm is being challenged in a new study by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego.
National Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth
Public Release: 29-Aug-2012
Early career distinction: Prestigious award recognizes physicist's work in electron dynamics Matthias Kling, assistant professor of physics, recently received the Early Career Research Program Award from the US Department of Energy. Kling will receive $750,000 to support his research titled "Electron Dynamics in Nanostructures in Strong Laser Fields."
US Department of Energy
Contact: Matthias Kling
Public Release: 29-Aug-2012
NatureSynchronized lasers measure how light changes matter How matter responds to light lies at the core of vision, photosynthesis, solar cells, and many other fields of scientific and practical import. But until now, it hasn't been possible to see just how light does it. A team led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has used SLAC's Linac Coherent Light for the first demonstration that x-ray and optical wave mixing reveals both structure and evolving charge states on the atomic scale.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 28-Aug-2012
Nature CommunicationsMagnetic vortex reveals key to spintronic speed limit Spintronics use electron spin to write and read information. To mobilize this emerging technology, scientists must understand exactly how to manipulate spin as a carrier of computer code. Now, scientists at Brookhaven Lab have precisely measured a key parameter of electron interactions called non-adiabatic spin torque that is essential to the development of spintronic devices. This unprecedented precision guides the reading and writing of digital information and sets the spintronic speed limit.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Justin Eure
Public Release: 27-Aug-2012
Oak Ridge partnership merges strengths of lab, private sector An Oak Ridge engineering services firm with an international footprint has teamed with scientists to form a subsidiary and market an award-winning text analysis system. The technology has been used to find and arrest child predators and to uncover illicit activities. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 27-Aug-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPlants unpack winter coats when days get shorter Mechanisms that protect plants from freezing are placed in storage during the summer and wisely unpacked when days get shorter. Michael Thomashow, University Distinguished Professor of molecular genetics, demonstrates how the CBF cold response pathway is inactive during warmer months when days are long, and how it's triggered by waning sunlight to prepare plants for freezing temperatures.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 27-Aug-2012
Physical Review ECooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dangerous chemicals that pour into the air -- including carbon dioxide by more than 90 percent -- at a cost of 25 percent efficiency, according to a simple math-driven formula designed by a team of University of Oregon physicists.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Jim Barlow
Public Release: 27-Aug-2012
Fertility and SterilityNutrition tied to improved sperm DNA quality in older men A new study led by Berkeley Lab scientists found that a healthy intake of micronutrients is strongly associated with improved sperm DNA quality in older men. In younger men, however, a higher intake of micronutrients didn't improve their sperm DNA.
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Contact: Dan Krotz
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