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Public Release: 8-May-2009
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesHigh-pressure compound could be key to hydrogen-powered vehicles A hydrogen-rich compound discovered by Stanford researchers may help overcome one of the biggest hurdles to using hydrogen for fuel -- namely, how do you stuff enough hydrogen into a volume small enough to be practical for powering a car? The newly discovered material is a form of ammonia borane. Working at high pressure in an atmosphere artificially enriched with hydrogen, the scientists were able to ratchet up the hydrogen content by roughly 50 percent. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: Louis Bergeron
Public Release: 8-May-2009
Grant supports Boston College physicists in 1 of country's new energy frontier research centers A US Department of Energy grant to enhance the nation's energy security will team Boston College physicists Zhifeng Ren and Cyril Opeil, SJ, with colleagues from MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Ed Hayward
Public Release: 8-May-2009
Physical Review DThe day the universe froze Imagine a time when the entire universe froze. According to a new model for dark energy, that is essentially what happened about 11.5 billion years ago, when the universe was a quarter of the size it is today.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David F. Salisbury
Public Release: 7-May-2009
Third International Conference of Magnetic RefrigerationExperts on magnetic cooling to converge on Des Moines Experts from around the globe will be converging on Des Moines May 12-15 to discuss the state of the art of magnetic refrigeration. Scientists and industry representatives will be attending the Third International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration, Thermag III, which is being hosted by the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University. Contact: Kerry Gibson
Public Release: 7-May-2009
Report examines limits of national power grid simulations The report, "National Power Grid Simulation Capability: Needs and Issues," examines shortcomings in the nation's current capabilities for simulating the national power grid.
US Department of Homeland Security
Contact: Eleanor Taylor
Public Release: 6-May-2009
Global Biogeochemical CyclesOcean carbon: A dent in the iron hypothesis Oceanographers in the Earth Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory analyzed data from deep-diving Carbon Explorer floats that reported continuously for over a year following the SOFeX iron-fertilization experiment in the Southern Ocean. Most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms, both artificially fertilized and natural, never reached the deep ocean.
Biological and Environmental Research Program, US Department of Energy, National Oceanographic Partnership Program, US Office of Naval Research
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 6-May-2009
Story tips From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- May 2009 The SNS has added another instrument to its eventual suite of 25. Wide tires on tractor-trailers can reduce the weight of a rig. In one of the largest experiments of its kind, thousands of cottonwood cuttings planted in common gardens in British Columbia, Oregon and California will help scientists determine which strains are best suited for cellulosic ethanol production. Fusion energy took a small step forward with a successful simulation performed on ORNL's Jaguar supercomputer. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 6-May-2009
Physical Review LettersStar crust 10 billion times stronger than steel, IU physicist finds Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Steve Chaplin
Public Release: 5-May-2009
Princeton to receive $20 million to establish Energy Frontier Research Center Princeton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science, as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Chris Emery
Public Release: 4-May-2009
Physical Review LettersNano-sandwich triggers novel electron behavior A lattice of vanadium dioxide molecules just six atoms thick in which electrons appear to be guided by conflicting laws of physics depending on their direction of travel has been modeled by a team of physicists at the University of California, Davis. Its unique properties could open up a new world of possibilities in the emerging field of spintronics technology, which takes advantage of the magnetic as well as the electric properties of electrons in the design of novel electronic devices.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Liese Greensfelder
Public Release: 4-May-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesScientists determine the structure of highly efficient light-harvesting molecules in green bacteria An international science team has determined the structure of chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria, which are super-efficient at harvesting light energy. Because the interactions that lead to the assembly of the chlorophyll molecules are rather simple, so they provide good models for designing artificial systems. The research one day could be used to build artificial photosynthetic systems, such as those that convert solar energy to electrical energy.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
Public Release: 1-May-2009
SIAM 2009 Annual MeetingTwo Argonne mathematicians recognized as SIAM Fellows Hans G. Kaper and Jorge Moré, both researchers from the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, have been named Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Contact: Eleanor Taylor
Public Release: 1-May-2009
Nature MaterialsBlurring the lines between magic and science: Berkeley researchers create an 'invisibility cloak' Never mind Harry Potter, researchers at Berkeley have made an invisibility cloak of their own. A team led by Xiang Zhang of Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley has taken a major step towards a true invisibility device with the creation of a carpet cloak from nanostructured silicon that conceals the presence of objects placed under it from optical detection.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 1-May-2009
Windpower 2009 Conference & Exhibition'Smart turbine blades' to improve wind power Researchers have developed a technique that uses sensors and computational software to constantly monitor forces exerted on wind turbine blades, a step toward improving efficiency by adjusting for rapidly changing wind conditions. Findings will be presented on May 4 during a wind-power conference in Chicago. The research by engineers at Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratories is part of an effort to develop a smarter wind turbine structure.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 1-May-2009
Ecological MonographsPlants could override climate change effects on wildfires Rising temperatures may lead to more tinder-dry vegetation, but that doesn't mean there will be a higher risk for wildfires in a particular area. Contact: Anne Stark
Public Release: 30-Apr-2009
Nano LettersSandia researchers construct carbon nanotube device that can detect colors of the rainbow Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created the first carbon nanotube device that can detect the entire visible spectrum of light, a feat that could soon allow scientists to probe single molecule transformations, study how those molecules respond to light, observe how the molecules change shapes, and understand other fundamental interactions between molecules and nanotubes. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 30-Apr-2009
Smart Charger Controller simplifies electric vehicle recharging PNNL's Smart Charger Controller automatically recharges electric vehicles during times of least cost to the consumer and lower demand for power.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Annie Haas
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center at PNNL The DOE plans to award $22.5 million over five years for PNNL's new Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, where scientists will study molecules called catalysts that convert electrical energy into chemical bonds and back again. Of interest are catalysts that pack energy into bonds involving hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen. These reactions are at the core of technologies such as solar energy and fuel cells.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
DOE funds bio-inspired solar fuel center at Arizona State Arizona State University will be home to a new Energy Frontier Research Center announced by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama. The ASU center, one of 46 new EFRCs, will pursue advanced scientific research on solar energy conversion based on the principles of photosynthesis, the process by which plants capture sunlight and convert it to useful energy.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Skip Derra
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
Environmental Science & TechnologyPotentially harmful chemicals found in forest fire smoke Researchers have detected common plant toxins that affect human health and ecosystems in smoke from forest fires. The results from the new study also suggest that smoldering fires may produce more toxins than wildfires - a reason to keep human exposures to a minimum during controlled burns. Finding these toxins -- known as alkaloids -- helps researchers understand how they cycle through earth and air.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
Vanderbilt engineers play key role in new DOE energy frontier research center A team of Vanderbilt engineers will play a key role in a new federal effort to significantly improve our understanding of how gases and liquids interact with solid surfaces -- basic studies that have potential applications ranging from better batteries to more efficient methods for converting solar and electrical energy into fuel, improved fuel cells, and enhancing the corrosion resistance of materials.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David F. Salisbury
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
Physical Review LettersIron-arsenic superconductors in class of their own US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory researchers have found that the iron-arsenide superconductors discovered last year exhibit a superconducting mechanism unique compared to all other known classes of superconductors. Combine that with its ability to carry a good current, and iron-arsenides may open the door to exciting possible applications in zero-resistance power transmission.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Breehan Gerleman Lucchesi
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
Solar cells, geological storage research receive DOE funding at the University of Texas at Austin With two $15 million grants, scientists and engineers aim to revolutionize solar cells and provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of two Energy Frontier Research Centers established at the University of Texas at Austin by the US Department of Energy.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Jennifer Lyon, Center for Nano and Molecular Science
Public Release: 29-Apr-2009
Center to investigate plant cells for better biomass fuels Cutting edge approaches and methodology employed by plant and molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, material scientists, computational modelers and engineers will be applied to plant cells in the newly funded Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, a US Department of Energy, Energy Frontier Research Center at Penn State.
US Department of Energy
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 28-Apr-2009
DOE makes largest Danforth Campus research award in history Washington University and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have received two awards totaling $35 million from the US Department of Energy to do research on novel energy initiatives. At $20 million, the Washington University award is the largest ever received on the Danforth Campus. The $15 million for the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is the largest the organization has ever received.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Tony Fitzpatrick
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