From Our Blogs
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June 21, 2022Pollinators—such as bees, butterflies, and other insects—are critical to the success of about 35 percent of global food crop production. Learn about the benefits of establishing pollinator-friendly plants under and around ground-mounted solar arrays.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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June 15, 2022The potential for advancing algal biofuels and bioproducts relies on using algae strains that are best suited for industrial production.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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June 13, 2022Power of Science is a new series highlighting the many contributions that NNSA makes outside of the nuclear security mission.National Nuclear Security Administration
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June 7, 2022Biologists from EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project and the local U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office are collaborating on an experiment to revegetate a challenging area of the cleanup site.Office of Environmental Management
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May 19, 2022This report provides a status of BETO R&D efforts at the end of 2020 and discusses technical challenges and barriers facing the bioenergy industry.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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April 11, 2022Yongqin Jiao investigated how the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus survives in high levels of uranium and its potential use for bioremediation.Office of Science
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March 29, 2022Algae are an exciting renewable feedstock for the future of fuels and products. One particularly interesting application, which the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is exploring, shows the potential to turnAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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March 7, 2022One of the most exciting things about bioenergy is the potential for one innovation to solve multiple problems. Last September, the U.S. secretaries of energy, transportation, and agriculture announced the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge,Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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February 4, 2022NNSA’s Office of Radiological Security works to reduce the security risks posed by cobalt-60 radiotherapy machines by encouraging the development and adoption of non-radioisotopic alternative technologies, like linear accelerators.National Nuclear Security Administration
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February 2, 2022The American Wind Wildlife Institute is now officially REWI, the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute, to reflect the expansion of their scope to include solar.Integrated Energy Systems Office