MENLO PARK, California, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The facility is now steps away from releasing an unprecedented stream of ultra-bright X-rays. * * * After more than a decade of work, electrons are now flying through a new superconducting accelerator at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, preparing to power the world's most powerful X-ray free electron laser. This project - named the Linac  more

LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: Ensuring the nation's electrical power grid can function with limited disruptions in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic weather or a manmade attack is a key national security challenge. Compounding the challenge of grid management is the increasing amount of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind that are continually added  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Los Alamos National Laboratory and SK hynix will demonstrate recent enhancements to the ordered Key Value Store Computational Storage Device (KV-CSD) at the 2023 Flash Memory Summit. The project is a follow-on of a collaboration between Los Alamos' High Performance Computing division and SK hynix that debuted at the 2022 Flash Memory Summit. The secondary index functionality added to   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Illinois-based Navistar Inc., and their subsidiary International Truck, working in partnership with NETL, developed the Navistar SuperTruck II, which represents the cutting edge of heavy-duty truck design incorporating several improvements resulting in increased operational efficiency, lower costs and decreased fuel consumption. Co-funded by the U.S. Department o  more