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Two ORNL Researchers, Two Joint Faculty Receive DOE Early Career Awards
Materials science and physics research led by early career Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists received a boost this week from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program.
5/10/2013 10:00 AM EDT
May 2013 Story Tips
POWER GRID – Preparing for natural disasters. COMPUTING – Spotlight on super machines. PLASMONICS – Revolutionary sensors. BIOMEDICAL – Bridging the gap. CLIMATE -- Model improvements.
5/6/2013 2:00 PM EDT
ORNL Leading Study Focused on Afterlife of Electric Vehicle Batteries
Once they’ve finished powering electric vehicles for hundreds of thousands of miles, it may not be the end of the road for automotive batteries, which researchers believe can provide continued benefits for consumers, automakers and the environment.
4/15/2013 3:40 PM EDT
ORNL’s Awake Imaging Device Moves Diagnostics Field Forward
A technology being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory promises to provide clear images of the brains of children, the elderly and people with Parkinson’s and other diseases without the use of uncomfortable or intrusive restraints.
4/4/2013 11:00 AM EDT
ORNL Microscopy Uncovers “Dancing” Silicon Atoms in Graphene
Jumping silicon atoms are the stars of an atomic scale ballet featured in a new Nature Communications study from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
4/3/2013 2:30 PM EDT
April 2013 Story Tips
Analytics—Device has ORNL pedigree, Climate—Going small with big computers, Transportation—Highway to green, Energy—Extending reactor life, Environment—Seeing through soil.
4/2/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Human Microbe Study Provides Insight Into Health, Disease
Microbes from the human mouth are telling Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists something about periodontitis and more after they cracked the genetic code of bacteria linked to the condition.
3/18/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Steven Zinkle Named Fellow of Materials Research Society
Senior materials researcher and Corporate Fellow Steven Zinkle of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named a 2013 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
3/11/2013 1:30 PM EDT