OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: An encapsulation system developed by ORNL researchers prevents salt hydrates, which are environmentally friendly thermal energy storage materials, from leaking and advances their use in heating and cooling applications. Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a novel way to encapsulate salt hydrate pha  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are looking for a happy medium to enable the grid of the future, filling a gap between high and low voltages for power electronics technology that underpins the modern U.S. electric grid. Today's power electronics, which take split seconds to perform tasks such as converting the direction of curre  more

RICHLAND, Washington, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news release: The circular economy just closed the loop on scrap aluminum, thanks to a new patent-pending technology developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. That twisted aluminum mesh, those banged up bicycle frames, and the used car parts now languishing in junk yards could gain new life as building structures such as door and window   more