OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - MOSAiC, the largest polar expedition of all time, will produce demanding quantities of data. ORNL staff in the field and the lab collect, store and process it to share with collaborators around the world. * * * In the vast frozen whiteness of the central Arctic, the Polarstern, a German research vessel, has settled into the ice for a yearlong float. When   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 22 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Cornell University issued the following news: No strain, no gain - that's the credo for Cornell researchers who have helped find a way to control superconductivity in a metallic material by stressing and deforming it. The researchers, led by Katja Nowack, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, collaborated with a team led by Philip Moll from the Institute of Material Science and Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * - Selected Projects to Lower Barriers to Innovation, Improve Access to National Lab Research * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 12 projects as part of its Practices to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies (PACT) Laboratory Call. Developed by the DOE Office of Technology Transitions, (OTT), the PACT Lab Call promotes the transition of research devel  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: To go where no man has gone before (and to get back) will require quite a bit of oomph. All that energy must come from somewhere. Traditional chemical rocket fuels could work for some missions, but nuclear-based propulsion systems have several advantages. Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rockets use a nuclear reaction to heat liquid hydrogen. When the hydrogen is heated,   more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - 'Dante' beat 23 others in predicting the timing, peak, and short-term intensity of the unfolding 2018-2019 flu season. Enhanced version takes aim at 2019-2020. * * * A probabilistic artificial intelligence computer model developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory provided the most accurate state, national and regional forecasts of the flu in 2018, beat  more

TROY, New York, Oct. 23 [TNSenergyresearch - Nature Journal] -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute issued the following news: * * * - New research reveals possible applications of nickel, from data storage to biosensors * * * When scientists and engineers discover new ways to optimize existing materials, it paves the way for innovations that make everything from our phones and computers to our medical equipment smaller, faster, and more efficient. According to research published today by Natu  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Oct. 22 -- The American Physical Society issued the following news release: The American Physical Society (APS) has announced the Society's Spring 2020 prize and award recipients, and the 2019 Apker Award and Nicholson Medal recipients. With few exceptions, APS prizes and awards are open to all members of the scientific community in the US and abroad. The nomination and selection procedure, involving APS-appointed selection committees, guarantees their high standards an  more