What's New

The What's New page contains information about recent developments on the Department of Energy (DOE) Research and Development (R&D) Accomplishments Web site, including additions of Database reports, Snapshots, Featured Topics, and other related topics of interest. It is divided into four general categories: Recently Added Features , Recently Added Database Reports, Recently Added Nobel Laureates, and Recently Added Snapshots.

Spotlights – brief announcements about additions to the DOE R&D Accomplishments [added 9/2008]

Recently Added Features

Rudolph A. Marcus was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry"for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems". 'Marcus's Nobel Prize-winning work is a mathematical analysis of how the overall energy in a system of interacting molecules changes and induces an electron to jump from one molecule to another. It sheds light on many complex chemical reactions, including photosynthesis, corrosion and electrical conductivity in polymers. ' [added 9/2008]

'Computed tomography (CT) is a radiographic inspection method that uses a computer to reconstruct an image of a cross sectional plane of an object. In conventional radiography, information on the slice plane P projects into a single line, A-A; whereas in the associated CT image, the full spatial information is preserved... . The CT image is derived from a large number of systematic observations at different viewing angles, and an image is then reconstructed with the aid of a computer.' For more information see Non-medical Uses of Computed Tomography (CT) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) [added 7/2008]

Some unique and interesting insights into researchers associated with DOE and predecessor agencies, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), reflect the diversity of their accomplishments. [6/2008]

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". Department of Energy (DOE) researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) contributed to this achievement. [added 5/2008]

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Recently Added Database Reports

• ANL/ET/CP--91636; Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Gel-cast Ceramic Composites, January 1997 [added 7/2008]
  
  
• BNL-6422; On the Theory of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Involving Electron Transfer. V. Comparison and Properties of Electrochemical and Chemical Rate Constants, 1962 [added 9/2008]
  
  
• BNL-8127; Generalization of the Activated Complex Theory of Reaction Rates. I. Quantum Mechanical Treatment, 1964 [added 9/2008]
  
  
• BNL-8205; Generalization of the Activated Complex Theory of Reaction Rates. II. Classical Mechanical Treatment, 1964 [added 9/2008]
  
  
• BNL-36836; Application of Electron-Transfer Theory to Several Systems of Biological Interest, 1985 [added 9/2008]
  
  
• CONF-871204-4; Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Cycle: The Key Uncertainties, December 1987 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• CONF-900255-1; Formulating Energy Policies Related to Fossil Fuel Use: Critical Uncertainties in the Global Carbon Cycle, February 1990 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• CONF-9106396-1; Global Climate Change: Some Implications, Opportunities, and Challenges for US Forestry, June 1991 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• CONF-9302127--1; Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Forests: The State of Biological Modeling, April 1993 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• CONF-940632--25; Historic Patterns of CO₂ Emissions from Fossil Fuels: Implications for Stabilization of Emissions, June 1994 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• CONF-9410306--1; Integrated Assessment and the Relation Between Land-Use Change and Climate Change, October 1994 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• CONF-9506112--4; CO₂ Emission Calculations and Trends, June 1995 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• DOE/BC/14444-14; Oil Recovery Enhancement from Fractured, Low Permeability Reservoirs. [Carbonated Water], 1991 [added 7/2008]
  
  
• DOE/FE/60177-2452; An NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Investigation of the Chemical Association and Molecular Dynamics in Asphalt Ridge Tar Sand Ore and Bitumen, September 1987 [added 7/2008]
  
  
• DOE/PC/88921-5; Spin-mapping of Coal Structures with ESE and ENDOR, December 1989 [added 7/2008]
  
  
• EGG-M-90457; Non-destructive Ripeness Sensing by Using Proton NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance), January 1990 [added 7/2008]
  
  
• LBNL--49859; Use of Computed X-ray Tomographic Data for Analyzing the Thermodynamics of a Dissociating Porous Sand/Hydrate Mixture, February 2002 [added 7/2008]
  
  
• ORNL/TM-11184; International Impacts of Global Climate Change: Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, February 1989 [added 5/2008]
  
  
• UCRL-JC-103762; Multiple-energy Techniques in Industrial Computerized Tomography, August 1990 [added 7/2008]
  

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Recently Added Nobel Laureates

Nobel Laureates recently added to R&D Accomplishments are:

• Rudolph A. Marcus and His Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions [added 09/2008]
  

Recently Added Snapshots

Snapshots recently added to R&D Accomplishments are:

• DOE Scientists Contribute to 2007 Nobel Peace Prize about Climate Change [added 5/2008]
  
  
• Non-medical Uses of Computed Tomography (CT) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) [added 7/2008]
  
  
• Some Interesting Insights into DOE Researchers [added 6/2008]
  
  

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