IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: By Paul Menser There's a reason that electric vehicles (EV) in salvage yards are kept by themselves and spaced far apart. Their lithium-ion batteries can hold a lot of energy, and if one catches fire, it's sometimes hard for firefighters to extinguish the blaze. Even if the fire appears to be out, it can reignite later, said Randy Bewley, a researcher in Idaho Nati  more

LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask. Current understanding of Mars' evolution is based on spacecraft measurements and meteorite analysis. Those meteorites were ejected from Mars and traversed space before landing on Earth, where they were discovered primarily in African de  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * CACTUS provides AI-powered cheminformatics for autonomous science * * * By Sarah Wong At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), researchers are working to enable autonomous experimentation in biology, chemistry, and materials science. PNNL's latest advancement toward achieving this goal is the development of CACTUS--the Chemistry Agent Connecting Too  more

LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: It's the late 1990s. Lloyd Hackel and Brent Dane are researchers in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) laser science and technology program. They're developing laser technology for X-ray lithography and satellite imaging research for the Department of Defense when the phone rings. On the line is Curtiss-Wright's Metal Improvement Company (MIC)   more