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Throughout the world, there is a critical need for readily accessible modeling tools that can transform climate change research into useful intelligence that is relevant to local decision-makers. These individuals need more than the standard visualizations of global-scale temperature and precipitation changes that are currently available on informational websites; they need that data translated in ...

Measurement and monitoring of subsurface microbial activity plays an important role in studying the extent of heavy metal, radionuclide, and industrial chemical contamination at the Department of Energy (DOE) sites and their impact on the surrounding environment. Development of field-deployable microbial monitoring systems is critical in achieving long-term success for environmental restoration ef ...

Neutron radiography using the foil-film transfer method is currently employed for the quantitative evaluation of the geometric and compositional characteristics of nuclear fuel burn-up distribution, visualization of cracks and void formations, fuel location determination, pellet-clad and pellet-pellet gaps identification, and to understand the state of non-fuel component geometries. Although this ...

usiness and industry need to anticipate the potential risks and opportunities that climate change may create in the decades ahead in order to start now to ensure continued success and prosperity. This project is transforming the results of scientific computer climate research into quantitative business-specific formats that provide actionable foresight for adapting to climate change. Climate simul ...

Aerosol particles are known to affect the global climate through direct absorption and reflection of solar radiation and through cloud formation. Globally, it is believed that ~50% of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) originate from atmospheric new particle formation and growth. Sulfuric acid vapor plays a key role in new particle formation, although detailed mechanisms remain unclear. Recent experi ...

There is a growing demand for power electronics that can operate under the high temperature and high power conditions that will be encountered in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs). As the coolant temperature used to dissipate heat from electronics increases, the operation of power semiconductor devices becomes severely limited in order that the safe operating temperature limit of the semiconductors ...

The proposed program provides a new biomass conversion technology to produce FDCA, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, to replace hydrocarbon chemicals for production of commodity plasticizers and polyester polymers. Using todays prices, FDCA can economically replace phthalic anhydride and terephthalic acid, commodity chemicals used for production of large volume phthalate plasticizers and polyester polym ...

In Phase I, CTS Inc developed microwave plasma CVD process and hardware to achieve state of the art performance of diamond detectorsin both single crystal and polycrystalline formsand to indicate methods of costs reduction. In Phase II, CTS Inc will apply these methods to create a viable commercial product and accompanying delivery technology to serve DOE HEP research objectives as well as commer ...

There is a market demand in the area of the coils used in MRI/NMR machines, accelerator magnets and wind generators, for 2212 superconductor-based round wire, if it is available with the capacity to carry higher currents, and without the filament defects commonly present in existing wires. However, 2212 wire that is suitable for meeting this commercial demand cannot be produced until the quality o ...

The proposed program provides a new biomass conversion technology to produce FDCA, 2,5- furandicarboxylic acid, to replace hydrocarbon chemicals for production of commodity plasticizers and polyester polymers. Using current prices, FDCA can economically replace phthalic anhydride and terephthalic acid, commodity chemicals used for production of large volume phthalate plasticizers and poly ...