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Saluting Scientists and Engineers
Please join us at DOE's PECASE Awards.
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Secretary of Energy Chu Congratulates 2011 Chemistry Nobel Laureate
WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today congratulated Daniel Shechtman for winning the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery of quasicrystals.”
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Unfolding A Better Future
Oak Ridge research on proteins may offer new insights into deadly diseases.
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Department of Energy's Batteries and Energy Storage Information Meeting
On Friday, October 21, the Department of Energy will hold a public meeting in Washington, DC to provide information and receive comments from the public on directions for a potential research effort on batteries and energy storage.
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Saul Perlmutter Wins Nobel Prize
He's expanded our horizons, and opened our eyes.
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Appetite for Service
Office of Science-funded researcher shows how bacteria can clean up radioactive waste.
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Closing of a Collider . . . and Opening of a New Frontier
Fermilab moves toward new discoveries.
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R&D Magazine's 2011 Scientist of the Year is No Surprise
Secretary Chu leads in science and lasting results.
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Thirteen Department of Energy Researchers Honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
President Obama salutes brilliant science and bright potential.
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Department of Energy's Quadrennial Technology Review
On Tuesday, September 27 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will announce the findings of the Energy Department's inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review at the AAAS in Washington, DC.
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Creating Bright Ideas for Lasting Innovations
National Labs leading charge on building better batteries.
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Testing the Limits of Light
Fermilab scientists scrutinize startling faster-than-light finding for fatal flaws.
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