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US achieves major scientific breakthrough in fusion technology
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US media reports have said that proponents of fusion hope to one-day produce nearly limitless, carbon-free energy and displace fossil fuels as well as other traditional energy sources. Experts said net energy gain has been an elusive goal because fusion happens at inordinately high temperatu
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Scientists reveal discoveries made about promising solar cell material
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A team of scientists from the Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory developed a new characterization tool that allowed them to gain unique insight into a possible alternative material for solar cells. Under the leadership of Jigang Wang, senior scientist from Ames Lab, the team dev
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Scientists say global warming beyond 1.5 degrees likely
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to new research led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Maryland, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, nations can reduce the amount of time spent in a warmer world by making more ambitious climate commitment
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Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an el
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Study finds cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The function of a particular domain of proteins crucial to the biology of plants and microbes has now been conclusively connected to a human cancer trigger, the knowledge that had escaped scientists for decades, according to researchers from the US Department
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Research shows cancer trigger that can spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the role of a particular domain of proteins important in the biology of plant microbes to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for d
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US urges oil, gas producers, OPEC to increase Output: Department of Energy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 20 (ANI/Sputnik):The United States is calling on all oil and gas producers, including the OPEC club of the largest oil exporters, to increase their output to rein in soaring gasoline prices, the US secretary of energy said on Sunday.
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US to grant USD 105 million for small businesses to develop clean Energy T
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Energy announced on Monday that it will grant $105 million to small businesses throughout the United States so they can develop clean energy technologies.
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US, India launch task forces on Hydrogen, Biofuels to expand clean energy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): The US Department of Energy along with its Indian counterparts launched a new public-private Hydrogen Task Force as well as a Biofuels Task Force under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP).
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U.S. Department of Energy, India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) today announced the launch of the India-US Task Force on Biofuels.
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NHRC seeks personal appearance of Odisha DGP, Power Secretary over electro
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued conditional summons against DGP Odisha and Principal Secretary Department of Energy Government of Odisha to personally appear before the Commission on June 08, along with the requisite reports in a case r
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Scientists discover ways to break down Polystyrene waste
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their partners from Clemson University have discovered a green, low-energy process to break down polystyrene, a type of plastic that is widely used in foam packaging materials, disposable food
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