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April 12, 2016The Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, has gained ten new affiliates to its research program, seeking ways to eliminate and reduce reliance on rare-earth metals and other materials criti...Office of Technology Commercialization
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Press ReleasesApril 1, 2016An improved titanium alloy — stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market — gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to form a special nanostructure. For the first time, researchers at Pacific Northwest Nationa...Office of Technology Commercialization
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Press ReleasesMarch 23, 2016Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a production method they estimate will reduce the cost of carbon fiber as much as 50 percent and the energy used in its production by more than 60 percent.Office of Technology Commercialization
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BulletinMarch 8, 2016Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Decarbonization
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Press ReleasesFebruary 24, 2016Energy Materials Network will include four initial National Laboratory-led ConsortiaEnergy.gov
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Press ReleasesFebruary 17, 2016The Request for Information (RFI) is soliciting feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to the demand, supply, opportunities for developing substitutes, and potential for us...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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January 15, 2016A team of researchers led by experts from the Department of Energy has found that rare earth elements can be removed from two U.S. coal byproduct materials through an ion-exchange process. This discovery could potentially expand the U.S. domestic reso...Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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January 4, 2016Reactive metals, rare metals, specialty metals – all these terms refer to a set of elements that include titanium, hafnium, niobium, and zirconium. The processing of these metals has a very close link with the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Ene...Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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Press ReleasesDecember 2, 2015The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected 10 projects to receive funding for research in support of the lab’s program on Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts. The select...Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
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BulletinDecember 2, 2015WEBINAR: Sustained Energy Savings Achieved Through Successful Industrial Customer Interaction with Ratepayer Programs - December 10Sandy Glatt with the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) will present a summary of a rece...Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Decarbonization