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

Willard F. Libby 'first proposed his idea of carbon dating in 1947 and over the next 12 years he researched and perfected the process. Libby discovered that when plants absorb carbon for photosynthesis they also absorb certain amounts of carbon-14. He deduced that when the plant dies, it no longer absorbs any of this carbon and that carbon-14 decays at a predictable rate. Libby found a way to determine the age of plant-based artifacts utilizing the decay rate of carbon-14. This process has been used to determine the age of mummies, prehistoric artifacts and dwellings.' [added 3/2010]

Melvin Calvin's body of scientific work into how plants capture energy from the sun resulted in a key series of reports about the path of carbon in photosynthesis and eventually sparked the U.S. Department of Energy's solar energy research. [added 1/2010]

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for  "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".  All three Nobel winners conducted research at Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL) Advance Photon Source (APS); additionally, Ramakrishnan and Steitz conducted research at Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS); and Steitz also conducted research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Advanced Light Source (ALS). [added 10/2009]

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Recently Added Laureates

Laureates recently added to R&D Accomplishments are:

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