An upgrade to the Cray XT3 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has increased the system's computing power to 54 teraflops, or 54 trillion mathematical calculations per second, making the Cray among the most powerful open scientific systems in the world.
With five hybrid solar lighting systems already in place and another 20 scheduled to be installed in the next couple of months, the forecast is looking sunny for a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
ENERGY -- A warmer future . . . BIOLOGY -- New genetics tool . . . GEOLOGY -- Potential CO2 vault
Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won six R&D 100 Awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.
1) MEDICAL -- Bone clone; 2) GEOLOGY -- New old detectives; 3) NANOTECH -- Electromechanics in liquids; 4) ENERGY -- Wider truck tires, longer miles.
1) COMPUTING -- Preparing for duty; 2) BIOLOGY -- New DNA detector; 3) ENERGY -- Off the wall; 4) SNS -- Neutrons to instruments
Designing complex systems such as nuclear reactors for space applications is a daunting task, but Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have made it less so by borrowing from nature.
1) Military: Super-smart radios; 2) Bioprocessing: New era for nano; 3) Energy: Reducing industrial energy costs
Creative thinking and the unique capabilities of Oak Ridge National Laboratory could play a role in realizing some of the goals outlined in the comprehensive "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" report commissioned by The National Academies.
Estimates of increased plant respiration in response to higher global temperatures may be somewhat overstated as they have not taken into account plants' ability to adjust to changing conditions, according to researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
One of the largest and most anticipated U.S. science construction projects of the past several decades has passed its most significant performance test. The Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has generated its first neutrons.
1) Swarm Intelligence -- Nature's way; 2) Nanotechnology -- Promise and perils; 3) Energy -- Heat exchange; 4) Biology -- Skull and spinal defects
A paper that outlines a new method to use a beam of light to trap protein molecules and make them dance in space has earned a place in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition. The technique is more than just a novelty as it is useful for separating, concentrating and analyzing proteins quickly with high sensitivity and selectivity.
1) SUPERCOMPUTING -- SciDAC event set; 2) BIOSENSORS -- Advanced water sentinel; 3) NATIONAL SECURITY -- Striking a nerve
Highways of tomorrow might be filled with lighter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in part from recycled plastics, lignin from wood pulp and cellulose.
1) ENERGY -- Biofuels on brink; 2) MILITARY -- Weigh-in-motion on the move; 3) Energy -- Cool cars; 4) Physics -- More, better MIRF.
Fort Bragg could be the model for the nation when it comes to protecting the public through a network that integrates a 911 dispatch system with sensors, alarms and video surveillance.
By controlling materials at the nanoscale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers believe they can greatly improve manufacturing processes of products ranging from solar cells to computers to flat-panel displays.
The Spallation Neutron Source has passed another milestone on the way to completion this year--the commissioning of the proton accumulator ring. The accumulator ring is the final step in a proton's journey through the accelerator before it strikes the SNS's mercury target, "spalling" away neutrons to be used for research.
1) ENVIRONMENT -- Herbivore rampage; 2) HEALTH -- Early skin cancer detector; 3) ENERGY -- Cleaner diesel emissions; 4) PHYSICS -- SNS instruments get ready.
A new Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiative will consolidate and expand the lab's research and development efforts in radiation detection technologies.
The New Year is bringing the science community a grand present: The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. On schedule for completion in 2006, the Department of Energy's new science facility will provide researchers with the world's most powerful and most advanced tool for analyzing a host of materials with neutrons.
Battery-powered toys, radios, and portable electronic devices make fun Christmas gifts "“ until the batteries run down. But advances in rechargeable thin-film lithium battery technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory might one day provide a solution to the dead-battery dilemma.
Forest productivity may be significantly greater in an atmosphere enriched with carbon dioxide, according to findings released today that challenge recent reports that question the importance of carbon dioxide fertilization.
Improved tools and increasingly sophisticated approaches are helping researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory gain a better understanding of how organisms respond to and interact with their environment.
1) ENVIRONMENT -- Carbon and climate; 2) ENERGY -- Better buildings; 3) ENVIRONMENT -- Eliminating kudzu.
Tremendous amounts of data being generated about a microbe adept at bioremediation will be more efficiently organized and shared through a new $3 million project headed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Three technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Southeast Region of the Federal Laboratory consortium.
An effort to transmit 150 times more electric power through long-length high-temperature superconductors as compared to conventional copper wire is the goal of a cooperative research and development agreement between the Department of Energy's ORNL and Metal Oxide Technologies.
A thousand new strains of mice being bred at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of an international effort will provide researchers with a powerful resource for studying human disease.
Editor in Chief Tuan Vo-Dinh envisions the new international peer-reviewed journal NanoBiotechnology providing a forum that leads to "explosive growth" where nanotechnology and biomedical sciences converge.
1) ENERGY-- Modular marvel; 2) ENERGY -- The hydrogen juggle; 3) ENVIRONMENT -- Native species restoration; 4) MILITARY-- Soldier's best friend; 5) SECURITY -- Seal of approval.
Knowledge gained by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers and colleagues through an initiative to begin this fall could answer several long-standing questions and give the United States a competitive edge in the design of future fusion power plants.
Determining how best to balance water and energy security with environmental sustainability is the focus of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Startup company Sunlight Direct is bursting onto the horizon with demonstration hybrid solar lighting systems at the Department of Energy's American Museum of Science and Energy and several locations across the country.
The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has met a crucial milestone on its way to completion in June 2006 -- operation of the superconducting section of its linear accelerator.
1) ENVIRONMENT -- Sinking CO2; 2) ENERGY -- Pure, efficient power; 3) BIOLOGY -- Single-cell analysis; 4) ELECTRONICS -- Slick surveillance system.
1) DEFENSE -- Real war games; 2) INSTRUMENTATION -- Stressed out; 3) ASTROPHYSICS -- Connecting the dots; 4) ENVIRONMENT -- Potent protein probes.
Precision mirrors to focus X-rays and neutron beams could speed the path to new materials and perhaps help explain why computers, cell phones and satellites go on the blink.
A textile marking system that encodes information invisible to the naked eye could save the U.S. millions of dollars in revenue lost each year to counterfeiters and violators of trade laws.
Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won three R&D 100 Awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced the establishment of the Clifford G. Shull Fellowship, a two-year postdoctoral appointment similar to ORNL's Wigner Fellowship.
A new advanced turbine being tested at Wanapum Dam in Washington state produces nearly 5 percent more power, but before more are installed researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are getting input from several thousand fish.
Gary Van Berkel of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division has been awarded the Biemann Medal by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Rare salamanders at a Georgia military base are the guinea pigs for Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers whose goal is to develop methods to better determine whether a species has vanished.
A device that could create custom-tailored medical compounds faster than ever before is one of the first projects launched under the new Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Four technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have earned Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.
A microbial community thriving under bizarre natural conditions in California could be a gold mine to researchers in their quest to understand the complex biological relationships and how these inner workings might apply on a grander scale.
1) ENVIRONMENT -- Nitrate's worst nightmare. 2) INSTRUMENTATION -- Symposium slated May 8-12. 3) BIOLOGY -- Microbial sleuth. 4) ENVIRONMENT -- Lower emissions.
Relief from soaring prices at the gas pump could come in the form of corncobs, cornstalks, switchgrass and other types of biomass, according to a joint feasibility study for the departments of Agriculture and Energy.
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