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3 hrs ago | The State Journal

WVU Materials Scientist Wins National Award

West Virginia University materials scientist Xingbo Liu is helping to improve the use of coal and winning awards in the process.

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Related Topix: West Virginia University, Materials Science, Science

11 hrs ago | Science Daily

Large Hadron Collider: Beams are back on at world's most powerful particle accelerator

On November 20 at 4:00 p.m. EST, a clockwise circulating beam was established in the LHC's 17-mile ring.

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Related Topix: University of Texas at Austin

16 hrs ago | Workplace Collaboration Services

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Selects IBM Technology to Power Cloud Computing Research

The program, dubbed Magellan, is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the U.S. Department of Energy .

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, IBM, Berkeley, CA

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Mass High Tech

Agrivida nets $2M USDA grant for biofuels research

Agrivida Inc. has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop genetically engineered feedstocks for biofuels production.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science

Computerworld

Georgia Tech supercomputer powered by graphics processors

Georgia Tech researchers building an experimental new supercomputer say graphics processors may help pave the way toward future exascale machines, which would be 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers .

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Georgia Tech, Science, Computer Science

Science Daily

Sustainable farming may help maintain healthy climate

ORNL and LANL scientists are exploring the large potential of the earth's soils to sequester carbon, with estimates claiming that new land-use practices could greatly reduce U.S. carbon emissions by as much as 25 percent.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

PhysOrg Weblog

Just use less: Energy savings to be big part of nation`s energy future

Energy adviser and former Honeywell executive Maxine Savitz says there are enormous energy savings available through increased efficiency, as much as 30 percent by 2030.

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Related Topix: Harvard University, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Wind Power

Thu Nov 19, 2009

EurekAlert!

Proton's party pals may alter its internal structure

JLab experiment E03-103 made precise new measurements of the EMC effect in a variety of light nuclei.

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Houston Chronicle

Crude prices follow world markets down

A global sell off on equity markets dragged down crude prices by nearly 3 percent today, the first decline this week.

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SanLuisObispo.com

Ill. lab lands $8.8 million for battery research

A Chicago-area laboratory will get $8.8 million in federal stimulus cash to help find ways to make batteries more efficient for use in cars and other vehicles.

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Miami Herald

Ahead of the Bell: Rise in gas reserves expected

The Energy Department on Thursday is expected to report a build of 19 billion to 23 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage inventories for the week ended Nov.

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The Auto Channel

CleanFUEL USA Expands Alternative Fuel Options for Light-Duty Fleets...

November 18, 2009: CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, today announced the debut of its latest Liquid Propane Injection system for the General Motors 6.0-liter engine.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

QLogic Wins 2009 Annual HPCwire Editors Choice Award

SC09 -- QLogic Corp. , a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, along with other high performance computing industry leaders, was awarded HPCwire's Editor's Choice for "Best HPC Collaboration Between Government and Industry" at SC09.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, QLogic, Computers, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Science, Computer Science, Open Source Software, Linux

EurekAlert!

Berkeley Lab lends expertise to India to promote energy efficiency

India may rank only a distant fourth in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and Russia, but its rapid economic growth rate coupled with aging and inefficient energy infrastructure suggest dire environmental consequences if "business as usual" continues.

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Related Topix: India, World News

ExtremeTech

AMD Tops Supercomputer Race, But Intel Powers Most

A supercomputer built on microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices topped the semiannual TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, but others built on Intel 's technology dominated the rest of the list.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, CPU, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices, University of Tennessee

Bangor Daily News

Maine to get $10M for clean-energy projects:

Maine is getting nearly $10 million in stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to support clean energy projects that promote lower energy use, reduce carbon pollution and create green jobs.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Business Wire India

LSI High-Performance Storage Featured in U.S. Department of Energy...

Source: LSI Corporation Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:39 AM IST Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Information technology; Technology LSI High-Performance Storage Featured in U.S. Department of Energy Research Center's New Cray Supercomputer LSI ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, LSI Logic, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Cray, Computers, Marketing, Science, Computer Science

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Science Daily

Advanced nuclear fuel sets global performance record

The Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Program, initiated by the Department of Energy in 2002, used INL's unique Advanced Test Reactor in a nearly three-year experiment to subject more than 300,000 nuclear fuel particles to an intense neutron field and temperatures around 1,250 degrees Celsius.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

KLTV Tyler

Energy Dept. walks the walk with smart building

Homes and office buildings consume three-quarters of U.S. electricity, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to lower that figure by erecting what it believes will be the largest "net-zero" energy building in the world - one that produces as much power onsite as it uses.

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Charlotte Channel 9

Carbon Pollution Up Despite Economic Slump

Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, World News, Asia, China, Hu Jintao

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