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Showing releases 26-48 out of 48.
Public Release: 3-Oct-2012
New sophisticated control algorithms poised to revolutionize electric battery technology Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed sophisticated estimation algorithms that allow lithium-ion batteries to run more efficiently, potentially reducing their cost by 25 percent and allowing the batteries to charge twice as fast as is currently possible. In one instance, electric batteries could be charged in just 15 minutes. The researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering are sharing a $9.6 million grant from the Department of Energy. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: Ioana Patringenaru
Public Release: 2-Oct-2012
Sandia builds Android-based network to study cyber disruptions As part of ongoing research to help prevent and mitigate disruptions to computer networks on the Internet, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have turned their attention to smartphones and other hand-held computing devices. Sandia cyber researchers linked together 300,000 virtual hand-held computing devices running the Android operating system so they can study large networks of smartphones and find ways to make them more reliable and secure. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 28-Sep-2012
 Physical Review LettersProbing the mysteries of cracks and stresses Analysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials' behavior.
US Department of Energy/Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors
Contact: Caroline McCall
Public Release: 27-Sep-2012
Sandia gains national recognition for sustainable energy management Sandia National Laboratories has received a 2012 Department of Energy Sustainability Award for energy management of its computer servers. Contact: Stephanie Holinka
Public Release: 27-Sep-2012
International Journal of Critical Infrastructures Sandia probability maps help sniff out food contamination Uncovering the sources of fresh food contamination could become faster and easier thanks to analysis done at Sandia National Laboratories' National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC).
Department of Homeland Security
Contact: Stephanie Holinka
Public Release: 25-Sep-2012
Wayne State University researcher's calculations will help unlock new energy sources A Wayne State University researcher is part of a national project to find accessible sources of natural gas. Jaewon Jang, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, recently received a two-year, $178,000 grant from the US Department of Energy to aid in the search for methane hydrates in oceans and permafrost, such as the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's North Slope.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Julie O'Connor
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Journal of Geophysical Research - AtmospheresClimate scientists put predictions to the test A study has found that climate-prediction models are good at forecasting long-term climate patterns on a global scale but lose their edge when applied to time frames shorter than three decades and on smaller geographic scales. The goal of the research was to bridge the communities of climate scientists and weather forecasters, who sometimes disagree with respect to climate change.
NASA, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Daniel Stolte
Public Release: 17-Sep-2012
Physical Review LettersDry-run experiments verify key aspect of Sandia nuclear fusion concept Magnetically imploded tubes, intended to help produce controlled nuclear fusion at scientific "break-even" energies or better within the next few years, have functioned successfully in preliminary tests.
Sandia Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Program, National Nuclear Security Administration
Contact: Neal Singer
Public Release: 11-Sep-2012
Data Mining and Knowledge RecoveryResearchers devise more accurate method for predicting hurricane activity Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for forecasting seasonal hurricane activity that is 15 percent more accurate than previous techniques.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Matt Shipman
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: 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
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: 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: 24-Aug-2012
Sandia experts, students explore cyber issues during weeklong summer institute Top graduate students pursuing careers in cybersecurity worked alongside Sandia and other prominent cybersecurity experts in a week-long summer institute sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories at the Livermore Valley Open Campus. Cyber Security Technology, Policy, Law, and Planning for an Uncertain Future, which followed last year's institute on energy technology and policy, focused on cyber law, policy, information sharing and other cyber-related issues. Three mentors led the students through a robust series of high-level talks, discussions and workshops from Aug. 5-10. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 22-Aug-2012
University of Minnesota receives $13.1 million in DOE funding for 2 new nationwide centers The University of Minnesota has been awarded two grants from the US Department of Energy totaling $13.1 million over the next five years to fund two nationwide centers headquartered in the Department of Chemistry in the University's College of Science and Engineering. Research activities begin Sept. 1, 2012.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Rhonda Zurn
Public Release: 20-Aug-2012
Nature ChemistrySpeeding the search for better carbon capture Berkeley Lab researchers helped develop the first computational model to accurately predict the interactions between flue gases and a special variety of the carbon dioxide-capturing molecular systems known as metal-organic frameworks. This new model should greatly accelerate the search for new low-cost and efficient ways to burn coal without exacerbating global climate change.
US Department of Energy Office of Science
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 16-Aug-2012
Ecological ApplicationsORNL researchers improve soil carbon cycling models A new carbon cycling model developed at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory better accounts for the carbon dioxide-releasing activity of microbes in the ground, improving scientists' understanding of the role soil will play in future climate change. Contact: Jennifer Brouner
Public Release: 13-Aug-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesFresh water breathes fresh life into hurricanes An analysis of a decade's worth of tropical cyclones shows that when hurricanes blow over ocean regions swamped by fresh water, the conditions can unexpectedly intensify the storm. Although the probability that hurricanes will hit such conditions is small, ranging from 10 to 23 percent, the effect is potentially large: Hurricanes can become 50 percent more intense, researchers report in a study appearing this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation of China
Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 8-Aug-2012
Nature CommunicationsNew phenomenon in nanodisk magnetic vortices New findings from a team of Berkeley Lab and Japanese scientists suggest that the road to magnetic vortex RAM might be more difficult to navigate than previously supposed, but there might be unexpected rewards as well. A study at the Advanced Light Source revealed that contrary to suppositions, the formation of magnetic vortices in ferromagnetic nanodisks is an asymmetric phenomenon.
US Department of Energy Office of Science
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
Nature CommunicationsMolecular economics: New computer models calculate systems-wide costs of gene expression Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a method of modeling, simultaneously, an organism's metabolism and its underlying gene expression. In the emerging field of systems biology, scientists model cellular behavior in order to understand how processes such as metabolism and gene expression relate to one another and bring about certain characteristics in the larger organism.
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US Department of Energy
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth
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