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1-May-2002
Tungsten photonic lattice changes heat to light
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Tungsten-filament bulbs — the most widely used light source in the world —burn hands if unscrewed while lit. Now a microscopic lattice has potential to transmute the majority of heat wasted by a tungsten filament into the frequencies of visible light, thus helping reduce the world's most serious energy problem.
- Journal
- Nature
- Funder
- Sandia National Laboratories
23-Apr-2002
Astronomers link X-ray flashes to gamma-ray bursts
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Astronomers have discovered what may be the lower-energy "poor relations" of cosmic gamma-ray bursts, the fantastically powerful explosions occurring daily in distant galaxies throughout the universe.
23-Apr-2002
A nickel's worth of foil helps make antimatter
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Making antimatter that can't be seen and that otherwise might not exist, filtering it through a nickel's worth of aluminum foil and then capturing it in a "trap" without walls, has the attention of Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Michael Holzscheiter.
22-Apr-2002
Los Alamos researcher explains how protons create movies of nuclear weapon models
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A technique developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Laboratory uses protons to see inside explosively driven models of nuclear weapon components and other seemingly impenetrable objects.
22-Apr-2002
Los Alamos researcher says 'black holes' aren't holes at all
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of South Carolina have provided a hypothesis that "black holes" in space are not holes at all, but instead are more akin to bubbles.
16-Apr-2002
Sandia joins revolution in solid-state lighting
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
A revolution is quietly occurring that promises to change the way we light our homes, offices, and world. Sandia National Laboratories is among the research entities around the country at the forefront of the revolution.
12-Apr-2002
Corrosion monitoring technology makes noise in the radioactive liquid waste world
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from four other Department of Energy sites and several private companies, is coordinating the development of a technology for real-time monitoring of corrosion within large, underground stainless and carbon-steel radioactive liquid waste storage tanks.
11-Apr-2002
Carbon dioxide/water emulsion found effective/remediating metal contaminants in waste
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Modifying a technique already used to remove caffeine from coffee and undesirable agents from semiconductor wafers, a research team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory is developing the promise of an environmentally friendly method for using supercritical carbon dioxide and water to remove radioactive particles and hazardous metals from mixtures of waste.
9-Apr-2002
Imagine no restrictions on fossil-fuel usage and no global warming
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are studying a simple, cost effective method for extracting carbon dioxide directly from the air - which could allow sustained use of fossil fuels while avoiding potential global climate change.