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Showing releases 76-100 out of 182. << < 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 > >>
Public Release: 2-Apr-2013
April 2013 story tips This release includes these topics: Analytics -- Device has ORNL pedigree, Climate -- Going small with big computers, Transportation -- Highway to green, Energy -- Extending reactor life, Environment -- Seeing through soil. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 2-Apr-2013
New instrument will quickly detect botulinum, ricin, other biothreat agents Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and SEB toxin. Sandia's work is funded by a recent grant -- nearly $4 million over four years -- from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. 
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 1-Apr-2013
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesResearch deciphers HIV attack plan A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania scientists defines previously unknown properties of transmitted HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS. The viruses that successfully pass from a chronically infected person to a new individual are both remarkably resistant to a powerful initial human immune-response mechanism, and they are blanketed in a greater amount of envelope protein that helps them access and enter host cells. Contact: Nancy Ambrosiano
Public Release: 1-Apr-2013
Nature NanotechnologyWatching fluid flow at nanometer scales New research carried out at MIT and elsewhere has demonstrated for the first time that when inserted into a pool of liquid, nanowires naturally draw the liquid upward in a thin film that coats the surface of the wire.
Sandia National Laboratories, US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 29-Mar-2013
Plant Biotechnology JournalMaking do with more: Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers engineer plant cell walls to boost sugar yields for biofuels Using the tools of synthetic biology, JBEI researchers are engineering healthy plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can more easily be broken down into simple sugars for the production of clean, green and renewable advanced biofuels.
US Department of Energy Office of Science
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas ControlStudy: 'Waste heat' may economize CO2 capture In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have found it may be possible to use "waste" heat to remove CO2 instead of the higher pressure steam needed to make electricity.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
NOvA neutrino detector records first 3-D particle tracks The in-progress NOvA neutrino detector recorded its first cosmic ray particles in March. The experiment begins in earnest this summer.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science
Contact: Andre Salles
Public Release: 28-Mar-2013
ScienceLight may recast copper as chemical industry 'holy grail' Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it could lead to an environmentally friendly production process for an important industrial chemical, University of Michigan engineers have discovered.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
Physical Review ESimulations uncover obstacle to harnessing laser-driven fusion Researchers at The Ohio State University have uncovered an obstacle to the cone-guided approach to fast-ignition fusion energy through simulations at the Ohio Supercomputer Center and experiments at the National Ignition Facility. Chris Orban, Ph.D., a researcher at Ohio State and the lead theorist on the project, found electric fields that build up on the cone's edge reduce the number of energetic electrons being directed by laser beams toward the targeted fuel.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Mr. Jamie Abel
Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
NREL assembles industry working group to advance solar securitization The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently convened the Solar Access to Public Capital working group with a mission to enable securitization of solar PV assets and associated cash flows in the marketplace.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 26-Mar-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesUGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for new ways to generate power that leaves a smaller carbon footprint.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Michael W.W. Adams
Public Release: 25-Mar-2013
Science of soot lands Hope Michelsen in Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame Sandia National Laboratories scientist Hope Michelsen, who peers through atmospheric soot to learn about the air we breathe, has been named by the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame as the 2013 Outstanding Woman in Science. She is the first Sandia employee to receive this award. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 24-Mar-2013
Nature GeneticsPeach genome offers insights into breeding strategies for biofuels crops Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. Domesticating these crops requires a deep understanding of tree physiology and genetics. Scientists are turning to fruit trees for hints, leading to an international initiative, including DOE Joint Genome Institute researchers, publishing the 265-million base genome of the Lovell variety of Prunus persica in Nature Genetics.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Gilbert
Public Release: 24-Mar-2013
Nature MaterialsPaint-on plastic electronics: Aligning polymers for high performance Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but University of Michigan engineers have developed a new method for getting them in line that could pave the way for cheaper, greener, "paint-on" plastic electronics.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
Public Release: 22-Mar-2013
PLOS Computational BiologyComputer simulations yield clues to how cells interact with surroundings Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a computer model of a protein that helps cells interact with their surroundings. Like its biological counterpart, the virtual integrin snippet is about twenty nanometers long. It also responds to changes in energy and other stimuli just as integrins do in real life. The result is a new way to explore how the protein connects a cell's inner and outer environments. Contact: Dan Krotz
Public Release: 21-Mar-2013
DOE Joint Genome Institute's 8th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment MeetingDOE Joint Genome Institute 8th Annual Meeting on March 26-28, 2013 The 8th Annual Genomics of Energy and Environment Meeting of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute will be held at the Marriott in Walnut Creek on March 26-28, 2013. Contact: David Gilbert
Public Release: 21-Mar-2013
ScienceBerkeley Lab researchers use metamaterials to observe giant photonic spin hall effect Engineering a unique metamaterial of gold nanoantennas, Berkeley Lab researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect, an optical phenomenon of quantum mechanics that could play a prominent role in the future of computing.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 21-Mar-2013
Berkeley Lab scientists read the cosmic writing on the wall Thanks to a supersensitive space telescope and some sophisticated supercomputing, scientists from the international Planck collaboration have made the closest reading yet of the most ancient story in our universe: The cosmic microwave background.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Margie Wylie
Public Release: 20-Mar-2013
Journal of Physical Chemistry LettersThin films of nickel and iron oxides yield efficient solar water-splitting catalyst University of Oregon chemists say that ultra-thin films of nickel and iron oxides made through a solution synthesis process are promising catalysts to combine with semiconductors to make devices that capture sunlight and convert water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Jim Barlow
Public Release: 20-Mar-2013
New book highlights pressing need for hydrogen-powered vehicles Sandia National Laboratories reveals the breadth of its hydrogen fuel expertise in the recently published "Hydrogen Storage Technology -- Materials and Applications." Sandia researcher Lennie Klebanoff is confident that the book's content will give readers a sense of urgency about the need to get zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the road, and to get other hydrogen-based power equipment into the marketplace. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 19-Mar-2013
44th Lunar and Planetary Science ConferenceLos Alamos science sleuth on the trail of a Martian mystery When it comes to examining the surface of rocks on Mars with a high-powered laser, five is a magic number for Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Nina Lanza. During the 44th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lanza described how the laser-shooting ChemCam instrument aboard the Curiosity rover has shown what appears to be a common feature on the surface of some very different Martian rocks. Contact: James E. Rickman
Public Release: 19-Mar-2013
Alloy developed at Sandia National Laboratories has potential for electronics in wells An alloy that may improve high-temperature electronics in oil, gas and geothermal wells fills a unique niche. Contact: Sue Holmes
Public Release: 19-Mar-2013
Transportation study reveals potential for deep cuts to petroleum use and carbon emissions The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory today announced the release of the Transportation Energy Futures study, an assessment of avenues to reach deep cuts in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 19-Mar-2013
New ultra-efficient HPC data center debuts Scientists and researchers at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory are constantly innovating, integrating novel technologies, and "walking the talk." Since 1982, NREL has won 52 R&D 100 Awards -- known in the research and development community as "the Oscars of Innovation" -- for its groundbreaking work.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 19-Mar-2013
Record simulations conducted on Lawrence Livermore supercomputer Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have performed record simulations using all 1,572,864 cores of Sequoia, the largest supercomputer in the world. Sequoia, based on IBM BlueGene/Q architecture, is the first machine to exceed one million computational cores. It also is No. 2 on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers, operating at 16.3 petaflops (16.3 quadrillion floating point operations per second). Contact: Breanna Bishop
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