WASHINGTON, DC- On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Secretary Bodman will discuss major DOE achievements over the last four years, energy-related challenges and major opportunities he sees for the future. Additionally, Secretary Bodman will discuss the release of “A Decade of Discovery,” which highlights how the DOE National Laboratories have helped develop energy-efficient buildings; new, cleaner alternative fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; safer, more efficient, nuclear power plants; improved responses to disease outbreaks; more secure and streamlined airport security; more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases; and astonishing discoveries that are altering our understanding of the universe and enabling scientific breakthroughs in fields such as nanotechnology and particle physics. Since the founding of the first DOE lab more than 60 years ago, the complex has been associated with the recipients of more than 80 Nobel Prizes.It's a success story in which all Americans can take pride. Though few Americans are familiar with the scope and scale of the work conducted at DOE's seventeen National Laboratories throughout the country, their research is literally changing our lives and bettering our planet.The DOE has issued a new book to commemorate the discoveries, triumphs and hard work of the men and women at the National Laboratories in the last decade.A Decade of Discovery provides highly vivid and accessible stories in three critical areas: Energy and Environment, National Security and Life and Physical Science. It describes how this government funded research helps us live more efficiently and safely.

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