2008 Releases:

THREE AMES LABORATORY RESEARCHERS NAMED AAAS FELLOWS - 12/22/08
Mallapragada, Schmidt-Rohr and Kraus elected by peers

TOUGH NANOCOATINGS BOOST INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY - 11/18/08
Ames Laboratory projects seeks to reduce friction and extend tool life

AMES LAB INTERN PLACE THIRD IN DOE SERCH COMPETITION - 11/13/08

AMES LABORATORY'S MFRC RECEIVES TECH TRANSFER AWARD - 10/22/08
Federal Laboratory Consortium honors Midwest Forensics Resource Center

AMES LABORATORY'S GORDON RECEIVES ACS COMPUTING AWARD - 10/22/08

NEW INSTRUMENT PUTS NEW SPIN ON SUPERCONDUCTORS - 10/10/08
Ames Lab researchers team up to probe iron-arsenic compounds

LOGRASSO APPOINTED AMES LABORATORY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - 9/23/08

AMES LAB RESEARCHERS PART OF $208 MILLION SUPERCOMPUTER PROJECT - 9/18/08

AMES LABORATORY'S TRAVESSET RECEIVES NSF CAREER AWARD - 9/15/08

AMES LABORATORY/ISU SCIENCE BOWL RECEIVES DONATION
FROM PELLA ROLSCREEN FOUNDATION - 9/5/08

AMES LABORATORY'S AKINC ELECTED ASM FELLOW - 8/15/08

AMES LABORATORY PHYSICIST DEVELOPS “ELECTRIFYING” THEORY - 8/15/08
Analysis will improve superconducting fault-current limiters

TURNING WASTE MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL - 8/12/08
Nanoscale catalysts could tap syngas as cheap source of ethanol

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS RETURN TO AMES LABORATORY - 7/17/08
Educators to complete eight-week hands-on science internship

AMES LABORATORY'S PAT THIEL RECEIVES CHEMISTRY HONOR - 7/3/08
Honorary Member Award from Iota Sigma Pi Chemistry Honor Society

AMES LABORATORY YOUNG CHEMIST HONORED - 7/3/08
Mei Hong recognized by Women in Chemistry Honor Society

NEW CROP OF SCIENCE UNDERGRADS ARRIVES AT AMES LABORATORY - 6/16/08
Interns to complete 10-week internship

A SUPRA NEW TYPE OF FROTH - 6/6/08
Ames Laboratory physicists propose model froth system

AMES LABORATORY RESEARCHER RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD - 6/3/08
Quasicrystal discoverer Shechtman gets E-MRS 25th Anniversary Award

AMES LABORATORY'S MIDWEST FORENSICS RESOURCE CENTER RECEIVES
$3 MILLION IN FUNDING - 5/29/08

AMES LABORATORY LEADERSHIP POSITION ANNOUNCED - 5/23/08
Cynthia Jenks named Assistant Director for Scientific Planning

AMES LABORATORY GRADUATE STUDENT TO MEET NOBEL LAUREATES - 5/22/08

DIRECTOR ALEX KING DELIVERS STATE OF THE LAB ADDRESS - 5/19/08

AMES LABORATORY TO SPONSOR "SAFE KIDS SUNDAY" - 5/12/08
Event to observe National Missing Children's Day

AMES LABORATORY SCIENTISTS NAMED "OUTSTANDING MENTORS" - 5/8/08
Award recognizes commitment to Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship program

IOWA TEAM PARTICIPATES IN DOE'S NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL - 5/8/08
Cedar Rapids-Marion Homes Schools places fourth in its division

FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS AMES LAB ARRESTED - 4/29/08

THIEL NAMED AMES LAB SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION DIRECTOR - 4/28/08
Appointment effective May 1, 2008

AMES LAB SCIENTISTS RECEIVE APS OUTSTANDING REFEREE AWARD - 4/28/08
Finnemore and Harmon among inaugural group of honorees

EVANS OF OTTUMWA WINS MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE BOWL - 4/21/08
LeMars second, Ogden wins fuel-cell car competition

FUEL-CELL RACERS HEADED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE BOWL - 4/14/08
5th annual competition draws 16 teams

RESEARCHERS MIMIC BACTERIA TO PRODUCE MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES - 4/10/08
Interdisciplinary Ames Laboratory team uses bioinspired approach

LINUS PAULING, THE ROLLING STONES AND THE SEARCH FOR NEW MATERIALS - 4/1/08
Ames Laboratory physicist makes a case for pursuing new materials research

PHYSICISTS LEARN HOW QUANTUM MECHANICAL STATES BREAK DOWN - 3/20/08
Collaborative Effort Moves Quantum Computers One Step Closer to Reality

AMES LABORATORY'S GSCHNEIDNER RECEIVES ACTA MATERIALIA GOLD MEDAL - 3/14/08
Iver Anderson receives TMS Distinguished Scientist/Engineer award

AMES LABORATORY'S THOMPSON WINS NDE EXCELLENCE AWARD - 3/3/08
American Society for Nondestructive Testing’s Research Council presents award

AMES LABORATORY WORKSHOP TURNS TEACHERS INTO FUEL-CELL EXPERTS - 2/25/08
Workshop prepares coaches & teams for Middle School Science Bowl

AMES LAB SHOWS 3-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS MAKE NOVEL ADD-DROP FILTERS - 2-12-08
Highly Efficient Filters Promise Enhanced Data Transmission for Optical Networks

AMES LAB/ISU SCIENCE BOWL RECEIVES DONATION FROM SAUER-DANFOSS - 2-11-08
$1000 contribution supports science and math competitions

AMES LAB'S ANDERSON WINS TMS AWARD - 2/6/08
Senior metallurgist honored by Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Divisio

CEDAR RAPIDS-MARION HOMES SCHOOL WINS HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE BOWL - 1/22/08
Defeats Des Moines Central Academy to win 18th annual Ames Lab/ISU event

STUDENTS FROM ACROSS IOWA HEADED FOR SCIENCE BOWL - 1/22/08
18th annual event tests science and math skills

AMES LABORATORY "BEEFING UP" MAGNETS FOR ELECTRIC-DRIVE CARS - 1/9/08
New Magnet Alloy Stays Strong – Even at 200 Degrees Celsius

ALEX KING TAKES OVER AS AMES LABORATORY DIRECTOR - 1/2/08

AMES LAB/IPRT PRESENT $4,200 TO SHOP WITH A COP - 1/2/08

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