Champions in Science, Whose Stars are Still Rising: Profile of Ana C. Lauer, National Science Bowl
For the run up to the 2015 National Science Bowl, this story is the last profile of a series on previous National Science Bowl competitors and champions.
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An Improvement to the Global Standard for Modeling Fusion Plasmas
Mario Podestà, a staff physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has updated the worldwide computer program known as TRANSP to better simulate the interaction between energetic particles and instabilities – disturbances in plasma that can halt fusion reactions.
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Brookhaven Lab Construction Technology Poised for Commercialization
Long Island start-up company SulfCrete, Inc. has been exploring commercialization of sulfur polymer, a unique and affordable construction material developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory that has a very small carbon footprint compared to the existing concrete products it might one day replace.
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Ames National Laboratory Scientists Create Cheaper Magnetic Material for Cars, Wind Turbines
Karl A. Gschneidner and fellow scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory have created a new magnetic alloy that is an alternative to traditional rare-earth permanent magnets.
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ORNL Reports Method That Takes Quantum Sensing to New Level
Thermal imaging, microscopy and ultra-trace sensing could take a quantum leap with a technique developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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X-ray Study May Aid in Designing Better Blood Pressure Drugs
An experiment at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has revealed in atomic detail how a hypertension drug binds to a cellular receptor that plays a key role in regulating blood pressure. The results could help scientists design new drugs that better control blood pressure while limiting side effects.
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Scientists at Brookhaven National Lab Use Nanoscale Building Blocks and DNA 'Glue' to Shape 3D Superlattices
New approach to designing ordered composite materials for possible energy applications.
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NERSC, Cray Move Forward With Next-Generation Scientific Computing
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center and Cray Inc. announced today that they have finalized a new contract for a Cray XC40 supercomputer that will be the first NERSC system installed in the newly built Computational Research and Theory facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Extreme Cold and Shipwreck Lead
Scientists have proven the concept of the CUORE experiment, which will study neutrinos with the world’s coldest detector and ancient lead.
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ICARUS Neutrino Experiment to Move to Fermilab
A group of scientists led by Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia will transport the world's largest liquid-argon neutrino detector across the Atlantic Ocean to its new home at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
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Mu2e Breaks Ground on Experiment
This weekend, members of the Mu2e collaboration dug their shovels into the ground of Fermilab's Muon Campus for the experiment that will search for the direct conversion of a muon into an electron in the hunt for new physics.
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Champions in Science Whose Stars Are Still Rising: Profile of Paco Jain, National Science Bowl Champion 1998
For the run up to the 2015 National Science Bowl Finals April 30th to May 4th, this story is part of a series of profiles on previous National Science Bowl competitors and champions.
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