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2009 Releases:

AMES LABORATORY'S COCHRAN RECEIVES NSF CAREER AWARD - 8/4/09
Award will fund polymer research

AMES LABORATORY SCIENTISTS WIN R&D 100 AWARD - 7/23/09
Bryden and McCorkle recognized for virtual engineering software

AMES LABORATORY IDENTIFIES CONTAMINATION DURING PREPARATIONS
FOR ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECT - 6/05/09

AMES LABORATORY-MADE MATERIALS ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD - 5/14/09
Lab’s Materials Preparation Center provided alloy for Planck Mission

MAGNETIC COOLING EXPERTS TO CONVERGE ON DES MOINES - 5/7/09

CENTRAL ACADEMY HAS STRONG SHOWING AT NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL - 5/6/09
Team brings home $1,500 in prize money for school science department

IRON-ARSENIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN - 4/29/09
Ames Laboratory physicists demonstrate unique mechanism of superconductivity

AMES LAB DOCTORAL STUDENT RECEIVES COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP - 4/27/09

AMES LABORATORY'S CORBETT NAMED ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY FELLOW - 4/20/09

AMES LABORATORY LAUNCHES PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM - 4/20/09
Program gives future science teachers hands-on research experience

TINKERING WITH SCIENCE; SEVEN-WEEK SCIENCE WORKSHOP FOR 4-HERS - 4/17/09

NANOFARMING HARVESTS BIOFUEL OIL WITHOUT HARMING ALGAE - 4/14/09
Ames Laboratory and Catilin seek to commercialize new algal oil extraction process

AMES LABORATORY DIRECTOR RECEIVES MRS FELLOW DISTINCTION - 4/8/09

AMES LABORATORY TO RECEIVE $1.7 MILLION IN RECOVERY ACT FUNDS - 3/23/09

YEUNG WINS ACS ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AWARD - 3/13/09
Ames Laboratory senior chemist honored for Distinguished Service

AMES LAB STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH AT STATE CAPITOL - 3/10/09

SYNGAS TO ETHANOL RESEARCH RECEIVES POWER FUND $ - 3/6/09

DUBUQUE'S ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WINS 2009 MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE BOWL - 2/25/09
Pella Christian wins hydrogen fuel-cell car challenge

NANOSCALE MATERIALS GROW WITH THE FLOW - 2/11/09
Ames Lab physicist observes novel liquid-like motion and nucleation in metallic nanostructures

AMES LABORATORY RECEIVES HIGH MARKS ON ANNUAL REPORT CARD - 2/10/09
Lab Achieves New Level Of Excellence For Science And Technology Project/Program Management In Department Of Energy Appraisal

AMES LABORATORY GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT SHINES AT CASE AWARDS - 2/10/09

CENTRAL ACADEMY 2009 SCIENCE BOWL CHAMPION - 1/31/09
Des Moines team tops Home Schools of Eastern Iowa in two out of three matches

STUDENTS TO PUT THEIR SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST - 1/26/09
19th annual Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Science Bowl Jan. 31

AMES LAB/IPRT HOLIDAY BENEFIT AUCTION FUNDS 13 TONS OF FOOD - 1/6/09