From the Blog

Using hydrocarbon seeds, materials engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new method for making graphene nanoribbons.

The experiment studied the beta-decay of calcium-48 fragments that are so unstable that they only exist for mere fractions of a second.

The potential for advancing algal biofuels and bioproducts relies on using algae strains that are best suited for industrial production.

The developmental switch from cellular proliferation—division that increases the number of cells—to cellular differentiation – specialization – is key

Michigan State computational chemists are revealing how persistent pollutants interact with soil minerals.

Stoerzinger will use the $750,000 prize to develop a deeper understanding of electrochemical processes used to convert nitrate into ammonia.

Over the past 24 years and spanning three liquid waste contractors, EM’s construction team at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has achieved 35 million safe hours without injury resulting in a missed day of work.

EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) management and operations contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP) is playing an important part in helping southeastern New Mexico students develop a lifelong interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) recently installed a hydraulic shear system, a major step toward remediating transuranic (TRU) waste contained in large, corrugated metal pipes buried underground at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) since 1986.

Officials from the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council were on hand for the recent ribbon-cutting of a new workshop for craft workers supporting the tank waste storage and treatment mission at the Hanford Site.