WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2022: In Star Trek, the Borg are a ruthless, hive-minded collective that assimilate other beings with the intent of taking over the galaxy. Here on nonfictional planet Earth, Borgs are DNA packages that could help humans fight climate change. Last year, a team led by Jill Banfield discovered DNA structures within a methane-consuming microbe called   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature: A new high-profile scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on underground rock surfaces. These solid minerals, known as carbonates, are both stable and common. "As global temperatures increase, so does the urgency to find ways to store carbon," said Paci  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: A transformational absorption-based carbon capture technology long supported by NETL that can help lower the cost of more effectively eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2) in a range of industrial applications is the subject of a new agreement between two technology development organizations to accelerate industrialization and scale-up. Schlumberger, a technology com  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 20 (TNSawa) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: The Society of Women Engineers has bestowed awards on three Sandia National Laboratories employees. Senior scientist Tina Nenoff received the society's highest honor, the Achievement Award, chemical engineer Yuliya Preger received a Rising Technical Contributor Award and researcher Nedra Bonal received a Patent Recognition Award. The society bestows award  more