What's New

The What's New page contains information about recent developments on Department of Energy (DOE) Research and Development (R&D) Accomplishments, including additions of Database reports, Snapshots, Featured Topics, and other related topics of interest. It is divided into general categories: Recently Added Features , Recently Added Database Reports, and Recently Added Laureates.

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Recently Added Features

Mario Molina shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone".  In 1973, Molina's research led to the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could deplete the ozone in the atmosphere.  At the time of his discovery, CFCs were being used as refrigerants, in hair spray and aerosol deodorants, and in making plastic foams.  Since 1987, almost 200 countries, including the United States, have signed a pledge agreeing to phase out the production and usage of CFCs. [added 5/2013]

George Hoyt Whipple was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 for "discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia". [added 4/2013]

Masatoshi Koshiba was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos." Neutrinos are tiny particles smaller than atoms, and Koshiba's discovery is being hailed for its ramifications in the study of astronomical objects and the fundamental properties of matter. [added 3/2013]

John C. Mather won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics with George F. Smoot (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation”.   Mather and Smoot analyzed data from NASA's COsmic Background Explorer (COBE), which studied the pattern of radiation from the first few instants after the universe was formed.  Mather’s Ph.D. thesis work, which was done under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), was the foundation for the COBE satellite project. [added 2/2013]

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Recently Added Database Reports

• AECU-489; Hemoglobin Labeled by Radioactive Lysine, 1949 [added 3/2013]
  
  
• AECU-490; Radioactive Lysine in Protein Metabolism Studies, 1949 [added 3/2013]
  
  
• DOE/ER/63098-5; Laboratory Investigation of Organic Aerosol Formation from Aromatic Hydrocarbons, August 2006 [added 5/2013]
  
  
• ER63980-0011044; Characterization of Fine Particulate Matter (PM) and Secondary PM Precursor Gases in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, October 2008 [added 5/2013]
  
  
• FERMILAB-FN-0793-A; Report of the Dark Energy Task Force; 2006 [added 2/2013]
  
  
• LBL--2258;  Far Infrared Spectrometry of the Cosmic Background Radiation; 1974 [added 2/2013]


• UR-196;  Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation Cycle, 1952 [added 3/2013]
  
  

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Recently Added Laureates

Laureates recently added to R&D Accomplishments are:

• Mario Molina, Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and Ozone Depletion [added 5/2013]
  
  
• George Hoyt Whipple and the Impact of Liver on Anemia [added 4/2013]
  
  
• Masatoshi Koshiba and Cosmic Neutrinos [added 3/2013]


• John C. Mather, the Big Bang, and the COBE [added 2/2013]
  

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