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Hot dry rock goes supercritical
April 21 — By proposing a method for using carbon dioxide under high pressure to extract energy from geothermal reservoirs, a University of California scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory has put a new twist on a historic Laboratory project. The proposed invention has the potential to take global geothermal energy science in new and exciting directions.

Study presents problem for geophysicists' understanding of plate tectonics
December 15 — Geophysicists may have to take another look at the mechanisms in plate tectonics due to a study by researchers from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of California, Riverside.

Claudia Lewis awarded Fulbright grant for study in Spain
December 4 — Claudia J. Lewis, a technical staff member in the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory's Geology and Geochemistry group has been awarded a second Fulbright grant to continue her study of the structural geology and tectonics of a particular area of the Spanish Pyrenees. The study will be done in collaboration with colleagues at Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nev., and the Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.