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- Opus Northwest teams with energy dept. for green building initiative
- Development firm Opus Northwest was recently tapped by the United States Department of Energy to participate in its Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building Initiative. The initiative will explore ways to lower energy consumption in commercial buildings. The Opus Group, a national firm with an office in Portland and 27...
- Research articles 2008-10-27
- Rare earth doping of superconducting tape.(SUPERCONDUCTORS)
- Structured Materials Industries Inc SMI, USA, has won US Department of Energy funding to investigate and develop yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen YBCO superconducting tapes. Under the Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant, SMI says it will use its metal-organic chemical vapour deposition MOCVD technologies to...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Developing Radiotracers for Imaging Studies in Addiction: How Chemistry Has Enhanced Scientists' Ability to See Inside the Brain.
- Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 AScribe Newswire -- Molecular imaging using positron emission tomography PET continues to provide new knowledge about how brain circuits are altered by addictive drugs. Chemist Joanna Fowler, Director of the Center for Translational Neuroimaging at...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- DOE investing in research to improve tight-gas recovery
- The U.S. Department of Energy DOE plans two cost-shared research projects that may eventually improve tight-gas recovery techniques in the U.S.The University of Texas at Austin is designing a process for "energized" frac jobs in tight-gas sands. As tight-gas sand basins mature, additional wells are often drilled into the depleted...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).(service introduction of websites)(Brief article)
- The U.S. Department of Energy DOE unveiled an updated version of its Web site, featuring enhanced navigational tools and search capabilities, and educational resources for parents, teachers, and students. Additionally, new state-by-state information pages detail each state's energy activities and resources [www.energy.gov].
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- TECHNOLOGY COULD BOOST YIELD, BUT FUNDING IS UNCERTAIN
- Independent companies, according to DOE [U.S. Department of Energy] and the Independent Petroleum Association of America, operate most of the fields that would benefit from the enhanced recovery. Lee Fuller, the industry group's vice president for government operations, said the companies probably will not be able to access the oil...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Non-Invasive Imaging Tools May Help Unravel Mechanisms of Prenatal Drug Damage; Technique May Also Help Assess, Improve Effectiveness of Pain Medication Following Fetal Surgery.
- Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, N.Y., Feb. 4 AScribe Newswire -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrate a new way to assess the potentially damaging effects of prenatal drug exposure -- a technique that could also be used to...
- Research articles 2005-02-04
- First Clinical Trial Using GVG to Treat Addiction Shows Promising Results.(vigabatrin)
- Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y. Sept. 22 AScribe Newswire -- Using an experimental addiction treatment first investigated at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, a team of scientists from Brookhaven, the New York University NYU School of Medicine, and a ...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Los Alamos National Laboratory: situated on more than 43 square miles in northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory has more than 7,500 regular full-time employees and an approximate annual budget of $2.2 billion. We are operated by the Universit
- Over our 59-year history, our primary mission has been to apply science and technology to problems of national security. At first our mission was dedicated principally to stockpile stewardship, but an ever-changing world has expanded our mission to cover other global threats, such as computer hacking...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- DOE to increase supply of medical isotopes
- As part of an initiative to clean up Cold War legacy sites, the U.S. Department of Energy DOE announced on June 14 that it will accept proposals from private companies to provide a large-scale, long-term source of medical isotopes. The initiative is aimed at "increasing the supply of these medical...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- New nuke solution. (Energy).
- Spent nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for 10,000 years or more--one reason that storing it scares scientists and politicians alike. In a study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, nuclear physicists from the University of Nevada, New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory and other organizations have concluded that one...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- SciDAC AWARDS.(DOE's Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing)(Brief Article)
- Under its Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing SciDAC program, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $57 million for this fiscal year to 51 research projects in fields including fusion energy sciences, nuclear astrophysics, and high-performance computing. SciDAC is an integrated program that will help create...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- Your neighbor.(Neighbor)
- Ahmed Hassanein of Naperville was promoted to senior nuclear engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. He is recognized internationally for his leadership and expertise in the field of plasma material interactions. He developed a computer software package called HEIGHTS,...
- Research articles 2001-09-14
- Imagining Tomorrow - United States Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's new visual information analysis tools
- NO ONE CAN ARGUE that computers have changed our daily lives--the way we communicate, work, shop, and even think. What may seem surprising, however, is that the most dramatic changes still lie ahead. Today's adults can remember the days before there was a computer on every desk, catching up...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Researchers Think Small.(Brief Article)
- New measurement technique achieves unprecedented picometer accuracy, opening new vistas in the design of advanced materials. UPTON, NY--Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have been thinking big--or, more accurately, small. They have developed a new technique to detect tiny ...
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- Researchers think small
- Anonymous Foundry Management & Technology 03-01-2001 Researchers think small Byline: Anonymous Volume: 129 Number: 3 ISSN: 03608999 Publication Date: 03-01-2001 Page: 20 Type: Periodical Language: English TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS HEADNOTE New measurement technique achieves unprecedented picometer accuracy, opening new vistas in the design of advanced materials. ...
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- The U.S. Department of Energy.(computer access instructions)(Brief Article)
- The U.S. Department of Energy recently issued a directive defining procedures for granting access to the department's unclassified computer system to foreign nations. It states that any approval must be based on a "documented assessment of risk and an identification of access controls."
- Research articles 2000-02-01
- Energy InfoDisc.(CD-ROM)
- This is a quarterly CD-ROM containing more than 600 megabytes of information produced by the Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy. It is easy to use and a useful tool for anyone needing current or historical energy information...
- Research articles 1998-12-01
- Showcase energy-efficient housing. (Department of Energy energy-efficient housing research programs)
- Two of the crown jewels of America's national park system, the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Yosemite in California, are set to become showcases for environmentally friendly, energy-wise housing of the future. The US Department of Energy, through its National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, and...
- Research articles 1993-04-01
- Complex Electrical Resistivity for Monitoring DNAPL Contamination
- This paper indicates, at best, a low sensitivity of the complex electrical resistivity method to organic contamination in rocks and soils. This reduces the short-term prospects of using complex resistivity as an effective technique to directly detect organic contamination. However, as noise suppression techniques improve and further understanding of electrical...
- White papers 2003-06-14
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