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Monday, March
27, 2006
From
Europa to the Lab, a New Recipe for Oxygen on
Icy Moons
Some may be surprised to learn that bleach-blondes
and the enabler of life elsewhere in our solar
system have something in common. And, no, it’s
not intelligence. It is, in fact, hydrogen peroxide.
Thursday, March
23, 2006
Alexander
Karsner Sworn-In as DOE’s Assistant Secretary
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman announced
the swearing-in of Alexander “Andy”
Karsner as Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy (EERE). Assistant Secretary
Karsner was confirmed by unanimous consent of
the U.S. Senate on March 16, 2006.
Wednesday,
March 22, 2006
What
Happened to the Antimatter? Fermilab's DZero
Experiment Finds Clues in Quick-Change Meson
Scientists of the DZero collider detector collaboration
at the Department of Energy's Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory have announced that their
data on the properties of a subatomic particle,
the B_s meson ("B sub s"), suggest
that the particle oscillates between matter
and antimatter in one of nature's fastest rapid-fire
processes-more than 17 trillion times per second.
Their findings may affect the current view of
matter-antimatter asymmetry, and might also
offer a first glimpse of the contributions of
new physics, such as supersymmetry, to particle
physics.
Tuesday, March
21, 2006
Department
of Energy Honors ENERGY STAR® Partners
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel
W. Bodman and Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson honored
67 businesses, groups and government entities
for their accomplishments and leadership in
the Energy Star® program. Organizations
recognized have achieved major energy savings
and/or are helping consumers save money while
reducing energy needs in an environmentally
friendly manner.
New
Sensor Technology Detects Chemical, Biological,
Nuclear and Explosive Materials
Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's
Argonne National Laboratory, using an emerging
sensing technology, have developed a suite of
sensors for national security applications that
can quickly and effectively detect chemical,
biological, nuclear and explosive materials.
Tuesday, March
7, 2006
DOE
Cites University of Chicago for Nuclear Safety
Violations
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a
Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to the
University of Chicago (University), the Management
and Operating contractor for DOE’s Argonne
National Laboratory (ANL), for nuclear safety
violations identified through several safety
reviews and inspections conducted by DOE.
Monday, March
6, 2006
Studies
Suggest New Targets for Tuberculosis Treatments
With the hope of designing more effective treatments
for tuberculosis (TB), scientists from the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National
Laboratory and collaborating institutions have
published the first detailed reports on the
biochemistry and structure of a protein-cleaving
complex that is essential to the TB bacterium’s
survival. The research is published in two papers
in the March 2006 issue of Molecular Microbiology,
which features a rendition of the “proteasome”
structure on its cover.
Carbon
Fiber Cars Could Put U.S. on Highway to EfficiencyHighways
of tomorrow might be filled with lighter, cleaner
and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in
part from recycled plastics, lignin from wood
pulp and cellulose.
Friday, March
3, 2006
New
CO2 Enhanced Recovery Technology Could Greatly
Boost U.S. Oil
The Department of Energy (DOE) has released
reports indicating that state-of-the-art enhanced
oil recovery techniques could significantly
increase recoverable oil resources of the United
States in the future. According to the findings,
89 billion barrels or more could eventually
be added to the current U.S. proven reserves
of 21.4 billion barrels.
New
Method for Identifying Microbes
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed
a new, high-throughput technique for identifying
the many species of microorganisms living in
an unknown “microbial community.”
The method, described in the March 2006 issue
of Applied Environmental Microbiology, has many
applications — from assessing the microbes
present in environmental samples and identifying
species useful for cleaning up contamination
to identifying pathogens and distinguishing
harmless bacteria from potential bioterror weapons.
Thursday, March
2, 2006
Department
of Energy Announces More Stringent Energy Efficient
Criteria for ENERGY STAR® Dishwashers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced
more stringent energy efficient criteria for
dishwashers carrying the ENERGY STAR® label
that could save America families more than $26
million a year. The new ENERGY STAR® criteria
will also bring tax credits for the production
of energy efficient appliances to manufacturers
under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).
Record-breaking
Luminosity Boosts Discovery Potential at Fermilab's
Tevatron Collider
The record-breaking performance of the Tevatron
collider at the Department of Energy's Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory is pushing the
search for dark matter, supersymmetric particles
and extra dimensions to new limits. Repeatedly
smashing peak luminosity records, the Tevatron
has created record numbers of proton-antiproton
collisions that provide the means to unveil
the secrets of the universe. Accelerator experts
at the lab announced today (March 2) that in
only 14 months the Tevatron collider has produced
almost five times the data sample collected
during four years of Collider Run I (1992-1996),
which led to the discovery of the top quark
at Fermilab.
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