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PPPL and USDA Engineers Win Patent for Pasteurizing Eggs in the Shell

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to a novel technique and device for pasteurizing eggs developed by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Earth’s Most Abundant Mineral Finally Has A Name

A team of scientists led by Oliver Tschauner, a mineralogist at the University of Las Vegas, clarified the definition of the Earth's most abundant mineral – a high-density form of magnesium iron silicate, now called Bridgmanite – and defined estimated constraint ranges for its formation

Argonne, Convergent and Cummins Cooperate to Discover the Secrets of Fuel Injectors

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has created integrated modeling of the fluid dynamics of fuel injectors in modern engines.

Study May Help Slow the Spread of Flu

An important study conducted in part at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory may lead to new, more effective vaccines and medicines by revealing detailed information about how a flu antibody binds to a wide variety of flu viruses.

Underground Helium Travels to the Earth’s Surface Via Aquifers, New Study Says

Using an atom trap built at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory to date the water in a deep South American aquifer, scientists tracked the rate at which helium pooled in the aquifers.

The Bright Side of Arctic Clouds

For the first time, modeling research led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that atmospheric particles can brighten cold clouds in the Arctic.

Unusual Electronic State Found in New Class of Unconventional Superconductors

Finding gives scientists a new group of materials to explore to unlock secrets of some materials' ability to carry current with no energy loss.

Atomic 'Mismatch' Creates Nano 'Dumbbells'

Researchers at Argonne National Lab are closer to understanding the process by which nanoparticles made of more than one material – called heterostructured nanoparticles – form. This process, known as heterogeneous nucleation, is the same mechanism by which beads of condensation form on a windowpane.

SLAC, RadiaBeam Build New Tool to Tweak Rainbows of X-ray Laser Light

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has teamed up with Santa Monica-based RadiaBeam Systems to develop a device known as a dechirper, which will provide a new way of adjusting the range of energies within single pulses from SLAC’s X-ray laser.

Dr. Franklin Orr Confirmed as Under Secretary for Science and Energy

WASHINGTON – Dr. Franklin (Lynn) Orr was confirmed by the Senate on December 4, 2014 as the Under Secretary for Science and Energy at the Department of Energy.

Powerful New Technique Simultaneously Determines Nanomaterials' Chemical Makeup, Topography

A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Ohio University have devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography of nanoscale materials down to the height of a single atom.

Learning the Language of Cell Life: Ames Laboratory Scientists Use Genetic Markers to Discover the Rhizosphere

A team of scientists are on the brink of creating a technology that would allow a clearer look at the entire rhizosphere system through the use of aptamers, short strands of genetic material that bind to a specific target molecule.