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(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Researchers with two University of Wisconsin-Madison plasma fusion experiments have received $10.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) drew $5.1 million, plus an additional $900,000. Graduate students are constructing a beam line that is expected to double the device's heating capacity and are collaborating with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop software codes for HSX....12/21 |
(WBIR-TV) Knox County's mayor and school superintendent on Tuesday announced the group who will develop a request for proposal to find a developer who could possibly build a new Carter Elementary School. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Deputy Director of Operations Jeff Smith, who organized a construction project at ORNL similar to the Carter proposal, will provide support to the development committee....12/21 |
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DOE
(DOE Press Release) U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a $1.45 billion loan guarantee has been finalized for Abengoa Solar Inc.'s Solana project, the world's largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. Located near Gila Bend, Arizona, the 250-megawatt project is the first large-scale solar plant in the United States capable of storing energy it generates....12/21
(Knoxville News Sentinel) This is a scatter-gun review of 2010 and what took place of interest and importance in the Atomic City (especially at the government's Oak Ridge facilities)....12/22
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The New START treaty could prove to be a security blanket for the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant....12/22 |
National
(Christian Science Monitor) The Senate voted 67 to 28 Tuesday to move to a final vote on the new START treaty. Ratification would constitute a big political victory for a president who took a beating in the midterm elections....12/22
(Wall Street Journal) The census report underscores a demographic shift under way for decades, as people and jobs have migrated away from the northern and central U.S. toward warmer, faster-growing climes in the Sunbelt....12/22
Other Stories
(Washington Post) The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks....12/22 [Registration Required] |
(New York Times) As the political debate over global warming drags on, the Mauna Loa Observatory shows carbon dioxide levels rising relentlessly, and accelerating....12/22 
(BBC) Researchers have developed a genetic technique which could revitalise the fight against the honeybee's worst enemy - the Varroa mite....12/22
(National Geographic) So you were snug in bed while the moon turned red? We've got you covered—see the first winter solstice lunar eclipse in 372 years. Coinciding with the winter solstice for the first time since 1638, the December 21, 2010, lunar eclipse was anything but ordinary....12/22