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  • Citrate Key in Bone's Nanostructure
    06/08/2011

    Bone is one of nature’s surprising “building materials.”  Pound-for-pound it’s stronger than steel, tough yet resilient.  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have identified the composition that gives bone its outstanding properties and the important role citrate plays, work that may help science better understand and treat or prevent bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

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  • Prozorov Receives DOE Early Career Award
    05/17/2011

    Tanya Prozorov, a scientist at the U.S.  Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, will take an unprecedented look at how magnetic nanocrystals grow thanks to a DOE Office of Science Early Career Research award.  Prozorov was one of just 65 researchers (21 from the National Laboratories) selected from about 1,150 applications to the program, which is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by supporting “exceptional researchers during the crucial early years of their scientific careers when many scientists do their most formative work.”

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  • Ames Lab Regional Teams Win an Unprecedented Three Awards at National Science Bowl
    05/02/2011

    Home Schools of Eastern Iowa took home top honors in two categories and Ames High School won one award at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl (NSB) held in Washington, DC. April 28-May 2.

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  • Iowa Teams Advance to the 21st Annual DOE National Science Bowl
    04/25/2011

    Two Iowa teams are preparing to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl, which will be held April 30 through May 2 in Washington D.C.  Representing Iowa in the High School Science Bowl competition will be Ames High School.  Home Schools of Eastern Iowa will compete in the Middle School Science Bowl competition.

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  • Molycorp and DOE's Ames Laboratory Sign Cooperative Research and Development Agreement on Rare Earth Magnets
    03/29/2011

    Molycorp Inc., the Western hemisphere’s only producer of rare-earth oxides, has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory. The Molycorp-Ames Laboratory effort will focus on developing new methods to create commercial-grade rare-earth permanent magnets.

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  • Ames Lab, Iowa State researcher hunts for green catalysts
    03/08/2011

    Ames Laboratory researcher L. Keith Woo is searching for cleaner, greener catalysts that will lead to more efficient chemical reactions. That could mean they promote reactions at lower pressures and temperatures. Or it could mean they promote reactions that create less waste. Or it could mean finding safer, cleaner alternatives to toxic or hazardous conditions, such as using water in place of organic solvents.

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  • Home Schools of Eastern Iowa Wins Ames Laboratory/ISU Middle School Science Bowl
    03/01/2011

    Middle school students from Home Schools of Eastern Iowa secured their spot as the regional champion of the Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Middle School Science Bowl on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Home Schools topped McKinley Middle School of Cedar Rapids in the championship match to advance to the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl April 28 - May 3 in Washington D.C.

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  • Middle School Science Bowl Set for February 25-26, 2011
    02/25/2011

    AMES, Iowa – The brightest middle school students from across Iowa will travel to Ames on February 25-26 to compete in the 8th annual Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Middle School Science Bowl.  Sixteen teams of students will participate in the two-day competition, which includes a hydrogen fuel-cell car race on Friday, Feb. 25, and a quiz-bowl competition on Saturday, Feb. 26.

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  • New Material Provides Greater Thermoelectric Conversion Efficiency
    02/15/2011

    Automobiles, military vehicles, even large-scale power generating facilities may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to a new alloy developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory. The research team working on the project achieved a 25 percent improvement in the ability of a key material to convert heat into electrical energy.

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  • Ames High Wins 2011 Science Bowl
    01/29/2011

    Ames High School didn’t win big, but it won often to capture the 21st annual Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Regional Science Bowl on Jan. 31. The Little Cyclones topped Home Schools of Eastern Iowa on the last question of the final match for an 84-76 victory and a trip to Washington D.C. for the Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl, April 28-May 2, 2011.

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