PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers have developed a cutting-edge fiber-optic sensor to monitor conditions in extreme environments thousands of feet below the Earth's surface and obtain essential data needed to safely sequester greenhouse gas in underground reservoirs. "This breakthrough invention by NETL researchers can be used to obtain accurate pH measurements from formation fl  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A multi-lab research team led by Paul Kent of Oak Ridge National Laboratory is developing a computer application called QMCPACK to enable precise and reliable predictions of the fundamental properties of materials critical in energy research. The application uses quantum Monte Carlo simulations to compute material properties down at the level of atoms and electrons.  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 7 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated a process for producing a moisture-stable, lightweight thermal insulation material using hollow silica particles, or HSPs. Thermal materials insulate refrigerators, building envelopes, energy storage systems, fuel cells, heat exchangers and combined heat and power systems. Commonly made from glass fiber  more