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Dark Energy and Creative Destruction
Fermilab-led effort to expand our understanding of the universe.
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Softening Switchgrass
How a "juvenile" maize gene can help turn prairie grass into fuel.
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Eight National Labs Offer Streamlined Partnership Agreements to Help Industry Bring New Technologies to Market
Agreements to Commercialize Technology (ACT) reduces barriers for intellectual property rights, lab-business partnerships.
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How Good Cholesterol Turns Bad
Berkeley Lab researchers find new evidence on how cholesterol gets moved from HDLs to LDLs.
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ORNL Explores Proteins in Yellowstone Bacteria for Biofuel Inspiration
Efforts may lead to the development of a cheaper biofuel production process.
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FY 2013 Budget Request to Congress for DOE’s Office of Science
Director Bill Brinkman presents the details of the Office of Science FY 2013 budget request.
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America's Next Top Energy Innovator
The results are in. See who will attend the 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit and present their innovation.
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Energy Department to Launch New Energy Innovation Hub Focused on Advanced Batteries and Energy Storage
R&D to lead to longer-lasting, more powerful, less expensive batteries for vehicles and electric grid applications.
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Frozen Cages and High-Energy Heroes
Lab research suggests hydrate 'cages' could be used to store hydrogen fuel.
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Enhancing the Energy Harvest
EFRC researchers fashion solar cells with greater than 100% "Quantum Efficiency."
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America's Next Top Energy Innovator
Review startups' innovations based on inventions and technology developed by the DOE National Labs, and cast your vote for who you think could make the greatest contribution to the country's economic and energy future.
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New Mariners and a Massy Map
Researchers at Berkeley Lab make most accurate calculation of the stuff in the universe.
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