ARGONNE, Illinois, May 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide from industrial emissions into commonly used chemicals * * * Lurking within the emissions from many industrial operations is an untapped resource -- carbon dioxide (CO2). A contributor of greenhouse gas and global warming, it could instead be captured and converted to value-added chemicals. In a collaborative projec  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Artificial nanomagnets inspire mechanical system with memory capability * * * An international research team including Los Alamos National Laboratory and Tel Aviv University has developed a unique, mechanical metamaterial that, like a computer following instructions, can remember the order of actions performed on it. Named Chaco, after the archeological site in north  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following joint statement on May 22, 2024: * * * Leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the European Commission (EC) made a Joint Statement on Enhancing Radioactive Source Security this week at the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) International Conference on Nuclear Security. This Joint Statement highlights the importanc  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers are studying how sorbents used in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies degrade and working on ways to accurately predict sorbent's lifetimes and limit degradation. In DAC technologies CO2 is separated from ambient air and delivered in a compressed form for storage or reuse. Sorbents based on a polymeric amine degrade when exposed to air, humidit  more