- Number 322 |
- October 11, 2010
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Device helps disable improvised explosive devices
A device developed by DOE's Sandia National Laboratories that shoots a blade of water capable of penetrating steel is headed to U.S. troops in Afghanistan to help them disable deadly improvised explosive devices, or IEDs — the No. 1 killer and threat to troops in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon.
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New aerosol-observing instruments to deploy
The first of four mobile shipping containers outfitted with a suite of sophisticated atmosphere-monitoring instruments departed from Brookhaven Lab this September for deployment high on a mountain in Colorado.
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Fermilab builds pioneering accelerator facility
DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has started phase II of the construction of a new accelerator test facility to advance the development of superconducting radio-frequency technology.
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Storage retention goals for carbon sequestration
The effectiveness of carbon sequestration depends greatly on storage permanence, so it’s not surprising that a key goal of the carbon sequestration research program at DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory is to retain 99 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) in underground reservoirs over a century.