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More Efficient Energy Storage Can Be Achieved by Graphene-Based Supercap
Mar 6, 2015Lawrence Livermore researchers have identified electrical chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the act of forcing of electrons onto the capacitor's plates. See CoulombA coulomb is the unit of electric ...
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Tested The Application of a Novel Microarray
Mar 11, 2014Scientists who study past pandemics, such as the 14th century Black Death that devastated much of Europe, might soon be turning to an innovative biological detection technology for some extra help. The apparent first use of this ...
Tags: Ancient Human Remains, Microbial Detection, Array Detects Plague
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A Team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Scientists Are Using Mini-Satellites
Jan 22, 2014A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists are using mini-satellites that work as "space cops" to help control traffic in space. The scientists used a series of six images over a 60-hour period taken from a ground-based ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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New Supercomputer Being Deployed This Month in The U.S. Is Using Solid-State Drive Storage
Nov 6, 2013A new supercomputer being deployed this month in the U.S. is using solid-state drive storage as an alternative to DRAM and hard drives, which could help speed up internal data transfers. The supercomputer, called Catalyst, will be ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Supercomputer
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Converts Wastewater Treatment Plant Byproducts Into Hydrogen Gas to Produce Electricity
Sep 18, 2013Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Florida-based Chemergy Inc plan to demonstrate a bioenergy technology that converts wastewater treatment plant byproducts into hydrogen gas to produce electricity. The ...
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The Energy Americans Used in 2011 Less Than Previous Year
Jan 11, 2013With Superstorm Sandy stirring up talk of climate change, here's one encouraging statistic: Americans used less energy in 2011 than in the previous year, according to the latest energy flow chart from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...
Tags: Superstorm Sandy, energy, USA, LLNL
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High-Power Bursts of Light From Femtosecond System Are Being Honed
Dec 24, 2012High-power bursts of light from femtosecond system are being honed for new compact particle accelerators. An ultrafast laser system under development at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) in California has delivered ...
Tags: laser, High-power bursts, ligtht, LBL, BELLA, Berkeley
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Properties Are Changed by Military Uniforms in The Works
Dec 10, 2012Military uniforms of the future may offer a new layer of critical protection to wearers thanks to research by teams at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and several other institutions who are developing a nanotube-based fabric that ...
Tags: military uniform, new material, a new layer of critical protection
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John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Aug 30, 2012Winner:LANL's George Kyrala Six high-energy laser researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL)and a seventh from Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL)have won the American Physical Society's 2012 John Dawson Award for ...
Tags: national ignition facility, laser fusion, APS John Dawson Award