WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * Research has important insights regarding wildfire influence on climate change * * * Days after a wildfire, a type of smoke can linger in the atmosphere that contains tiny, brown, light-absorbing particles known as tar balls. These particles are believed to have a significant impact on Earth's radiative balance, and as a r  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: As technology advances and unlocks new applications, it also encounters new challenges, such as in data curation. However, the Energy Data Exchange, a virtual library and data laboratory built to find, connect, curate, use and re-use data to advance fossil energy and environmental research and development, has solutions for these problems. In a world wh  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Sal Rodriguez, a nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, is forging a rocket revolution with the help of the University of New Mexico and student Graham Monroe. Their cutting-edge research is propelling the future of aerospace by infusing rocket science with a touch of golf ball magic. They incorporated dimples similar to those found on  more

MENLO PARK, California, Jan. 25 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * They've discovered that crystals can twist when they are sandwiched between two substrates - a critical step toward exploring new material properties for electronics and other applications. * * * Researchers with the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University and the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) grew   more