Government Newspaper.

Your Source for Daily Government News, Information and Research

Energy Research, Energy Engineering, Energy Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory   DOE Pulse - Research Highlights

DOE Pulse highlights work being done at the Department of Energy's national laboratories. DOE's laboratories house world-class facilities where more than 30,000 scientists and engineers perform cutting-edge research spanning DOE's science, energy, National security and environmental quality missions.

Probing life???s extremes in Yellowstone

Idaho National Laboratory biologist Frank Roberto squats on a gravelly patch of ground in Yellowstone National Park.

PPPL scientists awarded 111 million hours of supercomputing time

Four research projects involving six scientists at DOE's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have been awarded a total of 111 million processor hours on supercomputers at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

How life???s smallest motor powers cellular engines

Inside cells, kinesin is the little engine that could, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide.

Smart windows: Energy efficiency with a view

Researchers at DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory are trying to do the high-tech equivalent of putting sunglasses on buildings with a new generation of insulated "dynamic windows" that change color to modulate interior temperatures and lighting.

Studying cesium to seize soil cleanup

Scientists at DOE's Lawrence Livermore Lab have developed soil clean-up methods at Bikini Atoll and other islands to the east where nuclear tests were conducted in the early 1950s.

Cracking China's building efficiency code

Scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have worked with more than 140 implementation and enforcement professionals in China to develop building energy code and efficiency strategies.