Story Tips From the DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory1) GEOGRAPHY -"“ LandScan on the map; 2) ENERGY -"“ Hydrogen recovery refined; 3) EXPLOSIVES "“- Nowhere to hide; 4) MATERIALS -"“ Ceramics to the rescue.
1) GEOGRAPHY -"“ LandScan on the map; 2) ENERGY -"“ Hydrogen recovery refined; 3) EXPLOSIVES "“- Nowhere to hide; 4) MATERIALS -"“ Ceramics to the rescue.
Researchers from around the nation will have access to some of the world's finest scientific tools because of a $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to the Center for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Representatives from major retailers, the lighting industry and the Tennessee Valley Authority are scheduled to participate in a hybrid solar lighting summit hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oct. 7-8.
Robust wireless technologies for extreme-environment communications--developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory--received the Excellence In Technology Transfer Award of the Year during the annual awards dinner of the Southeastern Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium Sept. 18 in Charleston, S.C.
1) Homeland defense -- Spotlight on mass spec; 2) Nuclear -"“ Next-generation fuel; 3) Environment -- Life beneath the snow; 4) Superconductors -"“ Changing voltage the cool way
1) Transmission "“ Three times the efficiency; 2) Superconductors -- Lines of tomorrow; 3) Power Generation -"“ Electricity on the spot; 4) Prediction -"“ Shedding light on the grid.
DOE and UT-Battelle recently signed an agreement with Information International Associates of Oak Ridge to be a protégé of the laboratory. Under the agreement, DOE and ORNL pledge to work with small businesses in developing opportunities for research and economic partnerships.
1)MILITARY--Stopping bullets cold; 2)SENSORS--Super bomb sniffer; 3)ENVIRONMENT--Less sulfur, cleaner air; 4)ENVIRONMENT--Watching over a healthy stream; 5)PREPAREDNESS--PASS passes DOE test.
Contracts for developing a new generation of producing electricity with high-temperature superconductors are being negotiated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1) COMPUTING -"“ ORNL adds to arsenal. 2) INDUSTRY -"“ Better turbines. 3) ENVIRONMENT -"“ Stopping uranium cold. 4) CLIMATE -"“ Earlier hints of spring.
When an estimated 60 million Americans fire up their barbecue grills this Fourth of July, they'll be burning the equivalent of 2,300 acres of forest and consuming enough energy to meet the residential demand of a town the size of Flagstaff, Ariz., for an entire year.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won four R&D awards from R&D Magazine, which since 1963 has given the awards for the 100 most significant innovations of the year.
UT-Battelle announced today the selection of Dr. Jeff Wadsworth as Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1) Materials -- Steel for the 21st century. 2) Chemistry -- Nanostructures in a new light. 3) Industry -- A sizzling partnership. 4) Physics -- Record-setting sensors.
Arrays of nanofibers able to deliver genetic material to cells quickly and efficiently have researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory excited about potential applications for drug delivery, gene therapy, crop engineering and environmental monitoring.
Using an instrument and technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, mechanics can know in seconds if a fuel pump of a military transport plane like the C-141 Starlifter is excessively worn and could fail.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a miniature device that can identify as little as a fraction of a spore of anthrax and other biological hazards within 30 milliseconds.
1) Nanotechnology -- The shape of tomorrow; 2) Materials -- A smashing success; 3) Ecology -- Where roads and nature meet; 4) Energy -- Cleaner, more efficient gas turbines.
Doctors treating incurable brain tumors and other cancers resistant to conventional therapies will soon have a new treatment available to them because of a development by Isotron and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1) Transportation -- cellular traffic trackers; 2) Environment -- analyzing diesel emissions; 3) Instrumentation - scans without slumber.
If you're wondering just how much your neighborhood Clark Griswold is paying to brighten the town with Christmas lights visible from outer space, the answer varies significantly from one part of the country to another.
Twenty-five thousand big rigs rumbling through Knoxville every day will help researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory get a better handle on real-world emissions and their effects on the environment.
Robert Harrison of the Computer Science and Mathematics Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named recipient of the Sidney Fernbach Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing robotics technology that can aid in the cleanup of hazardous waste sites while helping to protect humans from serious injury in the process.
A young Loudon County, Tenn., family has just moved into a Habitat for Humanity home that is not only brand new, but also contains state-of-the-art energy efficiency technologies developed at nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1) Physics Probing stellar violence; 2) Health organ life saver; 3) Homeland security portable radiation analysis; 4) Physics magic nuclei x2.
1) ORNL aims to cut gun barrel casualties; 2) Guarding the nation's water supplies; 3) Combat ID targets enemy; 4) Invisible fingerprints
Most population databases have one potentially fatal flaw, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers who have developed a system that could be a lifesaver if a city had to be evacuated.
A groundbreaking ceremony held today at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory marks a first-of-its-kind partnership among ORNL, the state of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new computer link to Atlanta is 200,000 times faster than the fastest dial-up connections typical of home computers and is expected to spur significant advances in science and economic development in the region and beyond.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is named on three of five Department of Energy awards for the Genomes to Life program and will receive about $21.7M as part of a massive effort that promises payoffs for energy and environmental applications.
If you think it's hotter on the Fourth of July than it used to be, unless you live in Chicago, Knoxville or a few select cities, chances are it's just a case of faulty memory.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has moved up 21 places to claim the No. 8 spot -- and No. 1 in the Southeast -- in the Top500 list of fastest computers in the world.
Climate studies just doubled in resolution because of a new model developed and implemented by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and run on the Cheetah supercomputer.
A major breakthrough in imaging technology produced at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has earned a 2002 Federal Laboratory Award of Excellence in Technology Transfer.
Hands-on experiences for students in a variety of science disciplines are available through the Ecological and Physical Sciences Study Center coordinated by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
An effort to construct up to 20 local Habitat for Humanity houses with state-of-the-art energy efficient building technologies was announced today during a ceremony at Lenoir City's Harmony Heights subdivision.
A facility to test distributed generation energy for building applications was designated today as the 20th national user facility at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1) MANUFACTURING -- Crackdown on boiler breaks; 2) HOMELAND DEFENSE -- Towers of power; 3) ENERGY -- Power to go; 4) ENERGY -- Biomass to the rescue.
Prospects for cleaning up contaminated sites around the country are better because of a technology and procedure developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and recently accepted by the Environmental Protection Agency. The technology, which consists of direct sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds in water, soil, gas and air, requires little if any sample preparation and yields results in three to five minutes.
A simple boarding pass could safeguard air travelers if an explosives detection system being developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Mass Spec Analytical is adopted. With the mass spectrometry-based instrument, a passenger's ticket would become a passive sampling device that detects even a billionth of a gram of explosives such as nitroglycerine and TNT.
Staying cool under fire could take on a new meaning with a personal cooling system being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The system takes advantage of high thermal conductivity graphite foam, an ORNL material that boasts thermal conductivity five times greater than aluminum.
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Russian Academy of Sciences have reported results that suggest the possibility of nuclear reactions during the explosive collapse of bubbles in liquid, a process known as cavitation.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator has nothing over the Objective Force Warrior envisioned by the Army and a team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and organizations throughout the country.
Cottonwoods, hybrid poplars and aspens could play a role in improving the environment, displacing imported oil and creating domestic jobs, but first scientists from the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and around the world have to sequence the Populus genome.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are testing a new wall system utilizing an extremely lightweight concrete building material that could be used in wall systems of future construction of homes and businesses.
1) Mice on the move; 2) Revolutionary sensors; 3) 3D polymer strings; 4) Collision course.
Scientists studying vehicle safety, fuel efficiency, traffic management and other transportation issues will now have improved access to state-of-the-art laboratories at the National Transportation Research Center.
Tiny airborne particles too small to see are more plentiful and may pose a greater health hazard than previously thought, says an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher studying airborne particles in the Great Smoky Mountains and beyond.
Instruments and methods to detect lead in house dust will get a tryout at a field verification event conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nov. 5-9 in Hartford, Conn.