ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * In less than five years, insect abundance tripled * * * Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive. Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn'  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $104 million for energy conservation and clean energy projects at 31 Federal facilities--the latest step in President Biden's strategy to reestablish the Federal Government as a sustainability leader. The funding announced today, from DOE's Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Co  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Tomas Rush examines a culture as part of his research into the plant-fungus relationship that can help or hinder ecosystem health. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A new computational framework created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers is accelerating their understanding of who's in, who's out, who's hot and who's not in the soil  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Savannah River Site issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: L. Lin, Z.C. McCabe, and E.P. Richardson, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Savannah River Site Activity Report for Week Ending December 22, 2023 DOE-SR Saturation Review: Throughout the last few months of deliberate operations at the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), DOE-SR stated that   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Savannah River Site issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: L. Lin, Z.C. McCabe, and E.P. Richardson, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Savannah River Site Activity Report for Week Ending December 29, 2023 Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF): While attempting to re-perform a DG-200 largest single load rejection surveillance, an electrical fault with  more

MENLO PARK, California, Jan. 18 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * The software tool sorts through messy data to reveal what's really going on with solar panels on cloudy and sunny days. * * * A lot can happen to solar panels that are mounted to a roof - from tree branches casting shade over them to a neighbor's baseball cracking one. Now, a solar panel owner can better understand how their system is performing with a new so  more