ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * With a new design, lithium-sulfur batteries could reach their full potential. * * * Batteries are everywhere in daily life, from cell phones and smart watches to the increasing number of electric vehicles. Most of these devices use well-known lithium-ion battery technology. And while lithium-ion batteries have come a long way since they were first introdu  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Erica Prates has found a way to help speed the pursuit of healthier ecosystems by linking the function of the smallest molecules to their effects on large-scale processes, leveraging a combination of science, math and computing. Prates is a computational systems biologist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Biosciences Division. She's using her interdisciplinary appro  more