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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Opens High Performance Computing Innovation Center for Collaboration With Industry
Released on Thu, June 30, 2011

In an initiative that aims to boost the nation's economic competitiveness, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory today announced the opening of the High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC).

The innovation center will facilitate national lab/industry collaboration, applying high performance computing to product design, development and manufacturing, d

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Argonne Electrifies Energy Storage Research
Released on Wed, June 29, 2011

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Argonne National Laboratory is working in overdrive to develop advanced energy storage technologies to aid the growth of a nascent U.S. battery manufacturing industry, help transition the U.S. automotive fleet to one dominated by plug-in hybrid and electric passenger vehicles, and enable greater use of renewable energy technologies.

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NREL’s Research Support Facility Certified LEED® Platinum
Released on Wed, June 29, 2011

NREL’s second LEED Platinum building is a replicable model of energy efficient commercial office design

The Research Support Facility (RSF) located on the campus of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been certified LEED® Platinum for New Construction by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable building design and construction.

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Sandia National Laboratories Partners with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC to Advance Nation’s Photovoltaic Industry
Released on Thu, June 23, 2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Testing techniques from Sandia National Laboratories are helping accelerate the growth of the nation’s photovoltaic solar power industry through a partnership with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC, a private testing and certification company in Tucson, Arizona.

“The unique, multiplatform test capabilities developed at Sandia Labs are providing a tremendous value to our customers,” said Govindasamy Tamizhmani of TUV-PTL.

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Los Alamos and NNSS Team Up to Resume Critical Experiments at New Location
Released on Fri, June 17, 2011

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico—At 4:14 p.m. Pacific Time on June 15, a team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory brought the Planet criticality assembly machine located at the Nevada National Security Site to a supercritical point for approximately eight minutes, successfully repeating an experiment last conducted at Los Alamos in 2004.

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Ultrathin Copper-Oxide Layers Behave Like Quantum Spin Liquid Surprising Discovery May Offer Clues to Emergence of High-Temperature Superconductivity
Released on Fri, June 10, 2011

UPTON, NY — Magnetic studies of ultrathin slabs of copper-oxide materials reveal that at very low temperatures, the thinnest, isolated layers lose their long-range magnetic order and instead behave like a “quantum spin liquid” — a state of matter where the orientations of electron spins fluctuate wildly. This unexpected discovery by scientists at the U.S.

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Idaho Research Institutions Supporting Shared Computing Center
Released on Thu, June 9, 2011

IDAHO FALLS — Idaho National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Idaho's three universities to pool computing resources in support of the state's research community.

The agreement formally establishes the Idaho Computing Consortium, composed of INL, Boise State University, Idaho State University and University of Idaho — all of whom are partners in the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES).

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LANL Debuts Hybrid Garbage Truck
Released on Fri, November 19, 2010

Truck uses hydraulic pressure to improve efficiency by 30 percent

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, November 19, 2010— Los Alamos National Laboratory has begun using a diesel-hydraulic hybrid truck for daily garbage pickup, improving fuel efficiency by 30 percent and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by even more.

The Peterbilt Model 320 replaces one of the Lab’s two garbage trucks. Each truck runs 40 hours per week and racks up tens of thousands of miles every year.

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INL Shows Commitment to Idaho Businesses
Released on Thu, November 4, 2010

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Today, Idaho National Laboratory is a primary sponsor for the 22nd annual Idaho Business Opportunity Conference hosted by the Idaho Department of Commerce.

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World's Largest Laser Sets Records for Neutron Yield and Laser Energy
Released on Tue, November 2, 2010

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- The National Nuclear Security Administration's National Ignition Facility (NIF) has set world records for neutron yield from laser-driven fusion fuel capsules and laser energy delivered to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets. NIF researchers will report on these and other recent experimental results this week at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics in Chicago.

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