- Number 309 |
- April 12, 2010
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Nanobubbles yield super non-stick surfaces
Want to create a super non-stick surface? Pock mark a smooth material with cavities measuring billionths of a meter. These nanocavities trap tiny bubbles which render the surface extremely water repellent, say researchers at DOE's Brookhaven Lab, who recently captured the first glimpse of these miniscule air bubbles.
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Backhoes back off!
Jim Schroeder can now sleep easy. In November 2009, the IT engineer and his colleagues at DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory finished a secondary high speed connection to the world’s premiere research and education networks. This includes the DOE-sponsored ESnet, which serves DOE laboratories and collaborators worldwide.
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Femto-scale freedom
Some of the most tightly bound objects in the universe can at times appear to roam freely. Scientists have debated whether this is a fact of nature or a fluke limited to the objects they were studying. Now, nuclear physicists at DOE's Jefferson Lab have an answer.
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ICE-LOC gets lab help on cold weather pipe protector
ICE-LOC®, a small business based in Bosque Farms, N.M., invented an environmentally safe pipe protector using a dense sponge-like tube that can be inserted into pipes to prevent them from rupturing in cold weather. But without the ability to demonstrate the product, the company had trouble attracting customers.