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Securing the grid will be key for energy security going forward NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan told a gathering of energy executives today that securing the electrical grid is a major concern now and it's only becoming more serious. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130521/DC18652) "If you look back at the last year, there were several hundred attacks on critical infrastructure,"...
Knowledge Foundation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory brings the 2nd Biosurveillance Symposium 2013 to Alexandria, VA on June 17th Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Industry leaders from around the world will convene in Alexandria, VA for the 2nd Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biosurveillance Symposium on June 17th which will take place at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center. Newly Added Speakers include Franca Jones from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, Steve...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- / Continental Who's Who/- David R. Janecky, Ph.D. is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional among Scientific Researchers. David is a Group Leader with Los Alamos National Laboratory. In his current role, David specializes in Geosciences as well as Technical Management. In addition, David has served on numerous advisory boards and review committees as well as being a Post Doctoral Scholar sponsor at LANL and a...
The Israel Energy Partnership (TIEP) and the US-Israel Science and Technology Foundation (USISTF) announced today that a delegation of Israel's top bioenergy scientists, entrepreneurs, and government officials have arrived in Oak Ridge Tennesse to meet with their counterparts from the Department of Energy's Bioenergy Science Center based at ORNL, to begin building a framework for bi-national collaboration for the research, development and commercialization of advanced biofuels. Oak...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/DC60813) The demonstration was performed in the electric grid test bed that is part of the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project at the University...
John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Starting in early 2013 redOrbit will be launching a new podcast series called Your Universe Today, where we interview leading scientists about cutting-edge research in everything from space travel to the origins of our Universe. But we’re in the holiday spirit and couldn’t wait until January to unveil our new podcast project, so we’ve decided to give you a sneak peak of what’s to come. In the first of many...
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tony Mezzacappa, a leader in the field of astrophysics and supernova science, has been named director of the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) at UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Mezzacappa is a world leader in computational astrophysics and a pioneer in the field of supernova science. He is UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow and group leader for theoretical physics in the Physics Division at ORNL and joint professor in the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new California innovation accelerator for energy storage firms is getting a "fresh charge," thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy. CalCharge - a partnership between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CalCEF, a family of nonprofit organizations working to promote the transition to a clean energy economy-- will play a central role in the newly announced Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), the latest U.S....
Joint DOE and NASA team demonstrates simple, robust fission reactor prototype LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of researchers, including engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has demonstrated a new concept for a reliable nuclear reactor that could be used on space flights. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/DC18832 ) The research team recently demonstrated the first use of a heat pipe to cool a small nuclear reactor and...
Precisely tailored pharmaceuticals could reduce medical side effects LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme. Seeing the detailed structure of the bonded components provides insights into developing more effective drugs with fewer side effects for patients. (Photo:...
