ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Artificial intelligence breakthrough could cut energy costs in materials production. * * * Making the countless numbers of N95 masks that have protected millions of Americans from COVID requires a process that not only demands attention to detail but also requires lots of energy. Many of the materials in these masks are produced by a technique called melt blowing,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2022: Matthew Craig grew up eagerly exploring the forest patches and knee-high waterfalls just beyond his backyard in central Illinois' corn belt. Today, that natural curiosity and the expertise he's cultivated in biogeochemistry and ecology are focused on how carbon cycles in and out of soils, a process that can have tremendous impact on the Earth's climate  more