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Showing releases 1-25 out of 87 releases.
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
New ORNL system provides hybrid electric autos with power to spare An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation. Contact: Kathy Graham
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
4 ORNL researchers selected for Recovery Act early career funds Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are among the 69 scientists that will receive five-year research grants as part of the US Department of Energy's new Early Career Research Program. Contact: Bill Cabage
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
Physicist awarded $750,000 to study neutrinos Virginia Tech physicist Patrick Huber has developed a major software library, GLoBES, which has become the international standard for evaluating the capabilities of planned multimillion dollar experiments in neutrino physics. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: Catherine Doss
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
 Nature PhysicsNew neutron studies support magnetism's role in superconductors Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechanisms are behind both copper-based high-temperature superconductors and the newly discovered iron-based superconductors. Contact: Bill Cabage
Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
Supercomputing time awarded to design transformational lithium air battery The Department of Energy announced today that 24 million hours of supercomputing time out of a total of 1.6 billion available hours at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories have been awarded to investigate materials for developing lithium air batteries, capable of powering a car for 500 miles on a single charge. Contact: Barbara Penland
Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
Physical Review LettersMismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectrics Using the supercomputers at NERSC, Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrated that the semiconductors known as highly mismatched alloys hold great promise for the future development of high performance thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectrics could play a key role in green energy production because of their ability to convert heat into electricity.
Berkeley Lab
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 25-Jan-2010
Iowa State, Ames Lab engineer works to develop better batteries for energy alternatives Steve Martin, an Iowa State distinguished professor of materials science and engineering and an associate of the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, is studying how new materials could be used to improve battery performance. And that could help create a cleaner energy future.
National Science Founation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Steve Martin
Public Release: 25-Jan-2010
ScienceSurprising discovery: X-rays drive formation of new crystals X-rays can do a lot of useful things but who knew they could cause crystals to form? Northwestern University researchers have discovered that X-rays can trigger the formation of a new type of crystal: charged cylindrical filaments ordered like a bundle of pencils experiencing repulsive forces, which is unknown in crystals. The results open the door to using X-rays to control the structure of materials or to develop novel biomedical therapies.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Megan Fellman
Public Release: 25-Jan-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSuperconducting hydrogen? Physicists have long wondered whether hydrogen could be transformed into a metal or a superconductor -- the elusive state in which electrons can flow without resistance. They have speculated that certain pressure and temperature conditions could achieve these goals. Now high-pressure researchers, including Carnegie's Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao, have modeled three hydrogen-dense metal alloys and found pressure and temperature trends associated with the superconducting state -- a huge boost in understanding how this abundant material could be harnessed.
EFree, US Department of Energy, Carnegie Institution
Contact: Dave Mao
Public Release: 24-Jan-2010
Nature PhysicsHow 'random' lasers work When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no one could explain how it worked and some doubted it was real. Now, a decade later, the Utah researchers have found these "random lasers" occur because of natural, mirror-like cavities in the polymers, and they say such lasers may prove useful for diagnosing cancer.
US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
Contact: Lee Siegel
Public Release: 22-Jan-2010
Using supercomputers to explore nuclear energy A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Eleanor Taylor
Public Release: 19-Jan-2010
Astrophysical JournalWeak lensing gains strength An international team led by a cosmologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has extended the relationship between the x-ray luminosity and the mass of galaxy clusters as measured by gravitational lensing, improving the reliability of mass measurements of much older, more distant, and smaller galactic structures. These refined measurements will benefit both the understanding of dark matter and the nature of dark energy as well.
NASA, European Space Agency, US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 19-Jan-2010
US ITER awards agreement for Tokamak Cooling Water System The US ITER Project Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has awarded a basic ordering agreement for design and fabrication of the Tokamak Cooling Water System -- a major US contribution to the ITER Project -- to AREVA Federal Services LLC of Charlotte, N.C. Contact: Cindy R. Lundy
Public Release: 15-Jan-2010
PNNL recognized for tech transfer The Federal Laboratory Consortium has given PNNL two awards for partnering with companies to either develop new or advance existing technologies or processes that advance scientific research and manufacturing.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Center for Research Resources, US Department of Energy
Contact: Franny White
Public Release: 15-Jan-2010
Iowa State researchers part of $78 million national effort to develop advanced biofuels Two teams of Iowa State University researchers are part of a $78 million US Department of Energy program to research and develop advanced biofuels. One team will study biodiesel production from algae. Another team will study the thermochemical and catalytic conversion of biomass to fuels.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Victor Lin
Public Release: 8-Jan-2010
Fermilab's NOvA CollaborationNeutrino data to flow in 2010; NOvA scientists tune design Physicists may see data by late summer from a prototype for a $278 million NOvA neutrino experiment that can yield clues to the universe's mysteries. Construction is underway on a 220-ton "integration prototype" detector and a larger 14,000-ton detector, a project of Fermilab and University of Minnesota. About 40 scientists will fine-tune design Jan. 8-10 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, their first meeting since the US Department of Energy's October approval of "full construction start."
US Department of Energy
Contact: Kim Cobb
Public Release: 6-Jan-2010
Iowa State physicists beginning to see data from the Large Hadron Collider Iowa State University physicists are starting to see real data from the Large Hadron Collider, the planet's biggest science experiment. But, said Chunhui Chen, an Iowa State assistant professor of physics and astronomy, it will still take years of study before the collider produces new, Nobel-winning physics.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Soeren Prell
Public Release: 5-Jan-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesWorm's eye view Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a "molecular worm" algorithm that makes it easier and faster to simulate the passage of a molecule through the labyrinth of a chemical system, a progression that is critical to catalysis and other important chemical processes.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 21-Dec-2009
Waukesha Electric partners with SuperPower and UH to build fault current limiting superconducting transformer for Dept. of Energy Waukesha Electric Systems, SuperPower, University of Houston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Southern California Edison are partnering in a $10.7 million smart grid demonstration project award announced by US Department of Energy.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Melissa Carroll
Public Release: 21-Dec-2009
AIChE JournalMethod makes refineries more efficient Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 17-Dec-2009
SLAC/Stanford's Zhi-Xun Shen receives 2009 E.O. Lawrence Award Zhi-Xun Shen, director of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, or SIMES, a joint institute of the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, has been awarded the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award by the Department of Energy. Shen, who received the prize for his pioneering work in materials science, is among six other distinguished awardees, announced on Dec. 16, 2009.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Melinda Lee
Public Release: 17-Dec-2009
NanomedicineMO-SCI Corporation to manufacture, market SRNL's unique glass microspheres A licensing agreement between the US Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory and specialty glass provider Mo-Sci Corporation will make SRNL's unique Porous Walled Hollow Glass Microspheres available for use in targeted drug delivery, hydrogen storage and other uses, including applications still being developed. Contact: Angeline French
Public Release: 17-Dec-2009
6 PNNL scientists elected AAAS fellows Six researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Contact: Franny White
Public Release: 16-Dec-2009
Berkeley Lab's Wim Leemans wins 2009 E. O. Lawrence Award Wim Leemans of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is one of six 2009 recipients of the US Department of Energy's highest honor, the E. O. Lawrence Award, for his pioneering research with laser wakefield accelerators.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 16-Dec-2009
Secretary Chu announces 2009 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award winners US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today the winners of the 2009 E.O. Lawrence Award for their outstanding contributions in research and development supporting the US Department of Energy and its missions. The six winners named today will receive a gold medal, a citation and $50,000.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Jeff Sherwood
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