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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology, or KITECH. The agreement promotes international collaboration in rare-earth research.

Tanya Prozorov, a scientist at the U.S.  Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, will take an unprecedented look at how magnetic nanocrystals grow thanks to a DOE Office of Science Early Career Research award.  Prozorov was one of just 65 researchers (21 from the National Laboratories) selected from about 1,150 applications to the program, which is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by supporting “exceptional researchers during the crucial early years of their scientific careers when many scientists do their most formative work.”

Two Iowa teams are preparing to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl, which will be held April 30 through May 2 in Washington D.C.  Representing Iowa in the High School Science Bowl competition will be Ames High School.  Home Schools of Eastern Iowa will compete in the Middle School Science Bowl competition.

Ames Laboratory researcher L. Keith Woo is searching for cleaner, greener catalysts that will lead to more efficient chemical reactions. That could mean they promote reactions at lower pressures and temperatures. Or it could mean they promote reactions that create less waste. Or it could mean finding safer, cleaner alternatives to toxic or hazardous conditions, such as using water in place of organic solvents.