Superconductivity research initiative.Superconductivity superconductivity, abnormally high electrical conductivity of certain substances. The phenomenon was discovered in 1911 by Kamerlingh Onnes, who found that the resistance of mercury dropped suddenly to zero at a temperature of about 4.2°K;. research initiative In late September the Department of Energy opened three pilot centers to foster collaborative research between industry and national laboratories in "high temperature" superconductors. The pilot centers, located at Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National in New Mexico, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (80 km) W of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Founded in 1946 by the U.S. in Illinois and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. in Tennessee, will each receive $2 million in the current fiscal year to help industry discover new applications for ever-advancing superconductor technology. Collaboration between government and industry could include joint projects between scientists in each sector, work contracted by industry and pursued at the national laboratories, staff exchanges or the licensing of superconductivity patents for commercial application, says Secretary of Energy John S. Herrington John Stewart Herrington (born May 31, 1939) is an American Republican politician. He served as the Secretary of Energy of the United States under Ronald Reagan during his second term. Herrington was born in Los Angeles, California, and earned his A.B. . In a related development, the federal government announced this month the first licensing of a superconductivity patent from a national laboratory to a private company. Argonne National Laboratory licensed a process for making thin, superconducting films to American Superconductor Corp. of Cambridge, Mass. |
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