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February 13, 2013
@Energy Tweets the State of the Union 2013

Sharing energy highlights from the State of the Union 2013.

February 13, 2013
President Obama Talks Energy at the State of the Union 2013

Watch President Obama speak about energy and the environment in last night's State of the Union.

February 12, 2013
President Obama will deliver the State of the Union to Congress & to the American people tonight at 9pm ET. | Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy.
Innovation and Energy at the State Of The Union

A few of the First Lady's guests at the 2013 State of the Union hail from the fields of science, energy and innovation. Read more about these individuals and their remarkable accomplishments.

February 12, 2013
The Deputy Secretary tours Oregon’s Caithness Shepherds Flat wind farm, which is able to create up to 845 megawatts of emission-free wind power (enough electricity to power nearly 260,000 homes).
Wind Taking Flight in Oregon

Investments in the clean energy economy are paying off in Oregon and across the country.

February 12, 2013
Brookhaven physicists Weidong Si (left) and Qiang Li look into the vacuum chamber where the new high-field iron-based superconductors are made through a process called pulsed-laser deposition.
Iron-based Material Paves Way for New Superconductors

When chilled to frigid temperatures hundreds of degrees Celsius below zero, these remarkable materials are singularly capable of perfectly conducting electric current.

February 12, 2013
Stay tuned as we livetweet the President's annual State of the Union Address later this evening. | Graphic by Sarah Gerrity, Energy Department.
TONIGHT: @Energy Livetweets the State of the Union 2013

Follow along as we tweet major energy points delivered by the President during the State of the Union 2013.

February 11, 2013
The Office of Nuclear Energy's mission is to advance nuclear power as a resource that can meet the United State's energy, environmental and national security needs.
Office of Nuclear Energy Launches New Website

A new website for NE means easier access to information and more up-to-date news for users. Check it out!

February 11, 2013
The Port of Milwaukee's wind turbine not only generates power for the Port Administration building, it also serves as a tool to educate the community about wind power. | Photo courtesy of the Port of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Reaps Benefits of Wind Energy

Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, a 154-foot wind turbine helps save taxpayer dollars and teaches the community about wind energy.

February 8, 2013
The first stage of the "zombie cell" only moderately heated, the cell is now pure silica and needed a gold coating for a scanning electron microscope to image it. | Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories
Zombie Replicants to Outperform the Living

A new, simple technique coats a cell with a silica solution to form a near-perfect replica of its structure, so it can be used by researchers at higher temperatures and pressures.

February 8, 2013
At Sandia National Laboratories, researchers have developed pods that can survey and "taste" radioactive particles without exposing a human crew to nuclear hazards. The three pods, when attached to aerial vehicles, can collect and analyze airborne radioactive particles to track and source gases that can identify a nuclear bomb’s origins. Learn more about the <a href="http://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/airborne_pods/" target="_blank">particulate-collection system</a>. | Photo courtesy of Randy Montoya/Sandia National Laboratories.
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