- Number 287 |
- May 25, 2009
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Compound may be key to hydrogen-powered cars
Hydrogen-powered cars are one step closer to reality thanks to a new compound discovered by scientists in the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science at the DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The newly discovered material is a high-pressure form of ammonia borane, a solid material which itself is already imbued with ample hydrogen.
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Sandia designs hydrogen storage system for GM
Researchers at DOE's Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system through a multiyear project funded by General Motors Corp. The system, which uses a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate, stores 3 kilograms of hydrogen and is large enough to evaluate strategies for use in vehicle applications.
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Lifesaving tech transfer
Breast cancer strikes more women in the U.S. than any other cancer. The first line of defense is to spot it early with mammography, but mammograms can be inconclusive. Technology developed by the Radiation Detector & Imaging Group at DOE's Jefferson Lab and licensed to a local startup company is now being used worldwide to complement mammograms.
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Resilient home program
Following a natural disaster, the faster people can safely move back into their homes, the faster the community will recover its economic footing and its vitality. With that in mind, DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory is managing the Resilient Home Program for the Department of Homeland Security’s Southeastern Region Research Initiative (SERRI) to enable community recovery following a natural disaster by dramatically speeding the return of the residents to their homes.
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A. dehalogenans makes uranium less mobile, less soluble, less risky
At DOE's Hanford Site, uranium is migrating through the ground toward the Columbia River. Researchers led by DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory recently showed that the bacterium Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans can efficiently reduce the solubility of uranium, halting its migration. The bacterium uses either organic carbon or hydrogen as an electron donor or energy source to change the migratory uranium into a stationary form.