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Iron-Arsenic Superconductors in Class of Their Own

04/29/2009

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated that the superconductivity mechanism in the recently-discovered iron-arsenide superconductors is unique compared to all other known classes of superconductors.

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Ames Lab Doctoral Student Receives Computational Science Fellowship

04/27/2009

Kurt Brorsen, a doctoral student in chemistry at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and at Iowa State University, recently received the DOE’s Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.

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Ames Lab’s Corbett Named Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow

04/20/2009

John D. Corbett, a senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Ames Laboratory Launches Pre-Service Teacher Education Program

04/20/2009

Spring semester marked the launch of a new education program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory called Pre-Service Teachers, or PST. The program provides Iowa State University pre-service science teachers a chance to work in a research lab and gain first-hand experience that will equip them with a better understanding of the scientific research process.

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Nanofarming Technology Extracts Biofuel Oil Without Harming Algae

04/14/2009

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University have developed groundbreaking “nanofarming” technology that safely harvests oil from the algae so the pond-based “crop” can keep on producing.

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Ames Laboratory Director Receives Materials Research Society Fellow Distinction

04/08/2009

Alex King, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, has received the distinguished title of Materials Research Society Fellow. King will be recognized for the award at the MRS’s 2009 Spring Meeting April 14, 2009, in San Francisco.

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Ames Laboratory to Receive Approximately $1.7 Million in Recovery Act Funding

03/23/2009

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory will receive approximately $1.7 million as part of President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funds are part of $1.2 billion announced by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today from funding allocated under the Recovery Act to DOE’s Office of Science.

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Ames Laboratory Students Present Research at State Capitol

03/10/2009

Two Iowa State University undergraduates working with Ames Laboratory researchers were among the 23 ISU students who presented posters on their research at the Iowa State Capitol on March 9. Student Daniel Stoecklein, Lakeville, Minn., works with Ames Lab mentor physicist Ruslan Prozorov and Charles Fisher, Mount Auburn, works with Ames Lab scientist Scott Chumbley.

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Yeung Receives ACS Analytical Chemistry Award

03/09/2009

Ed Yeung, senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, has been selected to receive the American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry.

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Dubuque’s Eleanor Roosevelt Wins 2009 Middle School Science Bowl

02/25/2009

Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School of Dubuque edged Johnston Middle School to win the 2009 Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Regional Middle School Science Bowl here on Feb. 21. Roosevelt advances to the National Science Bowl, to be held April 30-May 5 in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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