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 (Nanowerk) Experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor indicate novel behaviors in the antiferromagnetic material cobalt aluminum oxide, -- CoAl2O4, or cobalt aluminate -- which researcher Gregory MacDougall of ORNL's Neutron Scattering Sciences Division describes as a "highly frustrated magnetic system."...9/6
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(Knoxville News Sentinel) For nuclear history junkies and World War II buffs, this is pretty fascinating stuff. It's the government's Oct. 12, 1943 contract with the University of Chicago for operational responsibility of Clinton Laboratories (to later become Oak Ridge National Laboratory) with Du Pont as technical advisor and subcontractor....9/6
(Oak Ridger) Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason recently spoke on "Staying Safe on the Cyber Frontier," at the 14th annual Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series....9/5 |
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DOE
(DOE Press Release) U.S. Department Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have announced nearly $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology....9/6
East Tennessee
(WVLT-TV) Thousands of East Tennesseans are looking for work and asking: "How can we create jobs?" Economists say there are several theories - from stimulus packages to tax cuts - about what is needed to produce jobs....9/6 |
National
(Reuters) President Obama, facing waning confidence in his economic stewardship, plans $300 billion in tax cuts and government spending in order to create jobs, media outlets report....9/7
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) TVA is again retooling its Generation Partners renewable energy program to shift the focus from larger projects that generate 200 kilowatts per year to smaller ones that produce a maximum of 50 kilowatts per year to promote more sustainable growth for the program....9/6 |
(BBC) Researchers at the Cresst experiment in Italy say they have spotted 67 events in their detectors that may be caused by dark matter particles called Wimps....9/7