Tuskan awarded Marcus Wallenberg Prize, forestry’s top honor
Allergy season is upon us, but scientists may soon gain a better understanding of why air particles cause many to sniff and sneeze.
Rising fifth, sixth and seventh graders are getting a hands-on indoctrination into science this summer at two outdoor camps sponsored by the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø.Instructor Kris Light said a goal of the one-week camps is to enhance the youngsters' interest in science...
An 91°µÍø scientist researcher of microbial genomics and ecology has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Automated spraying of carbon or glass fiber could soon provide the most economical way to create preforms in the manufacture of body panels for automobiles, heavy vehicles and other machinery. Research headed by Bob Norris of the Polymer Matrix Composites Group in 91°µÍø's Me...
A recently launched NASA satellite, XSS-11, features a component made of a brand new material: a radiator made of PocoFoam. The carbon-based material was serendipitously discovered by James Klett and colleagues at 91°µÍø and quickly licensed for development. PocoFoam, carbon f...
A method for making super-tough, lower-cost containers to transport, protect and store spent nuclear reactor fuel rods has been patented by 91°µÍø researchers Charles Forsberg, Nuclear Science and Technology, and Vinod Sikka, Metals and Ceramics. The method uses a cermet, a m...
Net carbon dioxide emissions from the application of agricultural lime in the United States may be about half of what has been assumed, according to research by Tris West of 91°µÍø's Environmental Sciences Division. In a paper published by Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment,...
Gary Van Berkel of 91°µÍø's Chemical Sciences Division has been awarded the Biemann Medal by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Mark Reeves of 91°µÍø's Technology Transfer and Economic Development directorate has been elected regional coordinator of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Southeast Region.
The Federal Laboratory Consortium is the federal governmentwi...
Rare salamanders at a Georgia military base are the guinea pigs for 91°µÍø researchers whose goal is to develop methods to better determine whether a species has vanished.