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LANL news releases related to Chemistry

2009

• Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope 9/09
• SIMTECHE CO₂ Capture Process Wins R&D 100 Award 7/09
• Fast Pandemic Detection Tool Ready to Fight Flu [LANL Press Release, June 09] | Flu Pandemic Prevention [Background Information]
• DOE to Establish Energy Frontier Research Center to Study Solar Photophysics 5/09
• Paper Captures the Cover of Applied Spectroscopy 4/09
• Potential for Improved Solar Cells 2/09
• Method May End Pain of Diabetes Tests 2/09
• Carol Burns Selected AAAS Fellow 1/09

2008

• Students win DOE SERCh Competition 12/08
• ENABLE Solar Enhancement Technology Featured in Innovation Magazine11/08
• Bomb Sniffing Bees video 10/08
• Themal explosions caugh on film 6/08
• Tool streamlines acquisition of avian flu field-data. 5/08
• Giant Quantum Dots Show Remarkable Optical Properties 5/08
• Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Cover Story 1/10/08

2007

• Medical Isotopes. 9/07
• Journal of Physical Security V.2 published 8/07
• Article captures PNAS Cover 5/07
• Meeting the nation’s demand – LANSCE extends run cycle for medical radioisotopes 3/07
• Chemistry Division's Dr. Wolfgang Runde has been selected for a DOE isotope post 2/07

2006

• LANL research on tamper indicating seals in American Scientist magazine 11/06
• MXRF presented at the Getty Museum 9/06
• ENABLE Wins 2006 R&D 100 Award 7/06
• Technology Captures Science News Cover 7/06
• Memmorial Symposium for George Kwei 6/06
• Dr. Greg Kubas Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award 6/06
• Article Captures Applied Optics Cover 6/06
• Chemistry Division Employee Takes Scientific Safety On The Road 5/06
• LANL Scientists Co-author a new edition of a classic book on the actinides 3/06
• Rich Schaller wins Postdoctoral Performance Award3/06
• Low-temperature growth of crystalline GaN films using energetic neutral atomic-beam lithography/epitaxy. See the LANLnews release as well. 2/06
• LANL/UCLA Receive $6M to Develop High-Speed, High-Volume Laboratory Network Against Infectious Diseases 1/06
• Carrier Multiplication in Solar Cells 1/06

2005

• Dirty Bomb Cleanup 11/05
• LANL Brings Life to TV 11/05
• Thomas Opens Exhibit 11/05
• ASPECT toxin-detection equipment helps out in hurricane zone 9/05
• MESA Technology wins R&D 100 Award for its potential to change the pharmaceutical industry 7/05
• ASPECT responds to emergency in St. Louis . 7/05
• Schaller, Taw win Distinguished Postdoc Publication Award 7/05
• Jerry Romero gives back to the community 6/05
• Dr. Gary Baker wins Distinguished Postdoc Award. 5/05
• Dr. Han Htoon wins Distinguished Postdoc Award 5/05
• Bacteria used to clean up actinide waste 5/05
• Researchers Develop Fingerprint Technology 4/05
• Aluminum-nitrogen Compounds Capture Dalton Cover 3/05

2004

• ASPECT to Oversee Presidential Inauguration 12/04
• Chemistry Division Scientists Involved in New NSF-Sponsored Chemical Bonding Center 11/04
• Victor Klimov Elected Lab Fellow 11/04
• Nancy Sauer wins Fellows Prize for Leadership 7/04
• Pumping energy to nanocrystals from a quantum well 7/04
• Laboratory creates Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Institute 5/04
• Novel Molecular Thermometer 5/04
• Solar Gain, upping the output on solar cells 5/04
• Etching with Enable 3/04
• Grand opening of the IPF beam stop 1/04

2003

• Dr. Victor Klimov Elected Fellow in the APS and the OSA.
• Technology Deemed Outstanding by the Federal Laboratory Consortium. 9/03
• Los Alamos team develops "nano flashlight." 9/03
• Los Alamos team develops rapid procedure for radioactivity in dirty bomb debris 9/03
• Los Alamos at work -- science and technology initiatives for countering nuclear and radiological threats 9/03
• Dave Cremers (ADI) has won more R&D 100 Awards than any other LANL researcher. LANL Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 19. 9/03
• ASPECT-Airborne emergency response sensor 9/03
• Dr. Carol Burns Elected Laboratory Fellow 8/03
• CARISS, Super-thermites Win R&D 100 Awards 7/03
• Chemistry Techs featured in new book 5/03
• Chemistry's Janie Enter Wins Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women 4/03
• C-AAC Wins Piñon Award of Excellence. 4/03
• Dr. Carol Burns wins Los Alamos Fellow's Prize 3/03
• Dr. Joe Tiee selected as LANL's Asian Engineer of the Year Award nominee 2/03
• Seaborg Institute research fellowships available 1/03

2002

• Otis "Pete" Peterson Elected Fellow in the Optical Society of America11/02
• Chemistry Division Director Al Sattelberger Elected AAAS Fellow 11/02
• Chemistry authors contribute to book on actinide chemistry 9/02
• Chemistry Division team receives Presidential Green Chemistry Award. 7/02
• Postdoctoral contributions garner awards 5/02
• Chemical Dynamics 2/12/02

2001

• Los Alamos Lidar is featured in Photonics Technology. 12/01
• Seaborg Institute Fellowships for 2002 12/12/01
• Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy 11/20/01
• Atom Trapping at Los Alamos 10/01
• The Environmental Chemistry of Plutonium 9/01
• Isotope Production Facility 8/01
• SCORR: Supercritical CO2 Resist Remover 7/01
• New Chemistry for Plutonium Processing

Laboratory news releases related to Chemistry

• Aug. 30, 2001 - Lab develops colorful beryllium detection technology
• Aug. 29, 2001 - Los Alamos researchers ask, Why dip when you can spin?
• July 12, 2001 - Laboratory captures three R&D 100 Awards
• May 16, 2001 - Online periodic table wins 2001 Sci/Tech Web Award
• April 4, 2001 - New chemistry offers alternative plutonium storage process
• Feb. 7, 2001 - Cleaner chipmaking method uses carbon dioxide fluid
• June 12, 2000 - Researchers find time in dusty polar ice
• April 11, 2000 - Biophysicist wins presidential early career award
• March 15, 2000 - Researchers develop more practical dosimeter for emergency responders
• Jan. 4, 2000 - Air monitor instantly detects beryllium, other elements

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