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The What's New page contains information about recent developments on
the Department of Energy (DOE) Research and Development (R&D)
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Featured Topics, and other related topics of interest. It is divided into four
general categories: Recently Added Features , Recently
Added Database Reports,
Recently Added Nobel Laureates, and Recently Added Snapshots.
Recently Added Features
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". Department of Energy (DOE) researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) contributed to this achievement. [added 5/2008]
'Positron Emission Tomography ... [is a medical imaging technique that] can track chemical reactions in living tissues and merges chemistry with biological imaging. Its strength has been in studies of the brain where there has been significant progress in investigations of drug addition, aging, mental illness, and neurogenic disorders. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) had its genesis in hot-atom chemical research supported by the Chemical Sciences Division of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences.' [added 3/2008]
'There is little doubt that Edward Teller is one of the towering figures of 20th-century physics. ... Although his early training was in chemical physics and spectroscopy, Teller has made substantial contributions to such diverse fields as nuclear physics, plasma physics, astrophysics, and statistical mechanics. Lawrence Livermore [National Laboratory] physicist Mort Weiss, a close friend, has written: "His work has shaped the nature of nuclear physics research and has left an indelible impression on that field. His wide-ranging, questing, and tenacious approach to research, not only in nuclear physics but in many other fields as well, has inspired generations of nuclear physicists." ' [added 1/2008]
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Recently Added Database Reports
- BNL-6041; Positron Scanner for Locating Brain Tumors, March 1962 [added 3/2008]
- BNL-9911; Positron Scanner for Brain Tumors , October 1964 [added 3/2008]
- BNL-36938; Distributed Microprocessor Automation Network for Synthesizing Radiotracers Used in Positron Emission Tomography [PET], September 1984 [added 3/2008]
- BNL-41807; The Heritage of Radiotracers for PET, May 1988 [added 3/2008]
- BNL-41981; Radiopharmaceuticals in PET, Progress and Promise ], November 1988 [added 3/2008]
- CONF-871204-4; Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Cycle: The Key Uncertainties, December 1987 [added 5/2008]
- CONF-900255-1; Formulating Energy Policies Related to Fossil Fuel Use: Critical Uncertainties in the Global Carbon Cycle, February 1990 [added 5/2008]
- CONF-9106396-1; Global Climate Change: Some Implications, Opportunities, and Challenges for US Forestry, June 1991 [added 5/2008]
- CONF-9302127--1; Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Forests: The State of Biological Modeling, April 1993 [added 5/2008]
- CONF-940632--25; Historic Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuels: Implications for Stabilization of Emissions, June 1994 [added 5/2008]
- CONF-9410306--1; Integrated Assessment and the Relation Between Land-Use Change and Climate Change, October 1994 [added 5/2008]
- CONF-9506112--4; CO2 Emission Calculations and Trends, June 1995 [added 5/2008]
- LBL-14308; Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography [PET] in Man Using Small Bismuth Germanate Crystals, April 1982 [added 3/2008]
- LBL-19435; Advanced Instrumentation for Positron Emission Tomography [PET], April 1985 [added 3/2008]
- LBL-21556; Recent Developments in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Instrumentation, April 1986 [added 3/2008]
- LBL-PUB-659-9/89; High-resolution PET (Positron Emission Tomography) for Medical Science Studies, September 1989 [added 3/2008]
- ORNL/TM-11184; International Impacts of Global Climate Change: Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, February 1989 [added 5/2008]
- UCLA-12-1232; Positron Emission Tomography of the Heart, 1979 [added 3/2008]
- UCLA-12-1258; Positron Computed Tomography: Current State, Clinical Results and Future Trends, September 1980 [added 3/2008]
- UCRL-52000-98-7-8; "Science and Technology Review": Celebrating Edward Teller at 90, July-August 1998 [added 1/2008]
- UCRL-87544; Jahn-Teller Effect: Its History and Applicability, August 1981 [added 1/2008]
- UCRL-JC--128715; Global Warming and Ice Ages: I. Prospects For Physics Based Modulation of Global Change, August 1996 [added 1/2008]
- UCRL-JC-135414; Long-range Weather Prediction and Prevention of Climate Catastrophes: A Status Report, August 1999 [added 1/2008]
- UCRL-JC-146203; Toward Robust Climate Baselining: Objective Assessment of Climate Change Using Widely Distributed Miniaturized Sensors for Accurate World-Wide Geophysical Measurements, November 2001 [added 1/2008]
- UCRL-JC-146204-PT-3; Long Range Weather Prediction III: Miniaturized Distributed Sensors for Global Atmospheric Measurements, November 2001 [added 1/2008]
- UCRL-JC-148012; Active Climate Stabilization: Practical Physics-Based Approaches to Prevention of Climate Change, April 2002 [added 1/2008]
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Recently Added Nobel Laureates
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Recently Added Snapshots
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