General Electric (GE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created new kinds of fluorescent lighting phosphors that use far less rare-earth elements than current technology. Phosphors are the substances inside fluorescent tube bulbs that make them glow. Rare-earth elements are hard to come by. The United States… Keep reading →
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Better Fluorescent Lighting Through Physics
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By Anne M. Stark | U.S. Department of EnergyGeneral Electric (GE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created new kinds of fluorescent lighting phosphors that use far less rare-earth elements than current technology. Phosphors are the substances inside fluorescent tube bulbs that make them glow. Rare-earth elements are hard to come by. The United States has… Keep reading →
#WomenInSTEM: Inspiring Others To Become Scientists And Engineers
By U.S. Department of EnergyMeet Suzanne Singer, an energy and thermal fluids analyst at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the latest profile in the Energy Department’s #WomenInSTEM video series. Suzanne works in solar forecasting, where she tries to predict how much solar energy a solar farm will produce. She also works to build collaborations between the Energy Department’s… Keep reading →
Department of Energy Awards $425 Million for Next Generation Supercomputing Technologies
By U.S. Department of EnergyWASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz today announced two new High Performance Computing (HPC) awards to put the nation on a fast-track to next generation exascale computing, which will help to advance U.S. leadership in scientific research and promote America’s economic and national security. Secretary Moniz announced $325 million to build two state-of-the-art… Keep reading →