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.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Superconductivity program has been selected to partner on three new superconductivity proposals that are being negotiated by U.S. industry.
Spinach, touted in the Popeye cartoon for its ability to strengthen the body, may prove even more valuable for restoring vision to people who are legally blind.
Through a newly funded Department of Energy project, astrophysicists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and around the United States hope to gain a better understanding of what happens when stars die in spectacular explosions called core collapse supernovae.
Supercomputers provide researchers with powerful tools, but operating them can also be a super hassle, says an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher who heads a team working to fix the problem.
Massive computing power and biology are coming together in a big way through a cooperative research and development agreement announced today by IBM and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1) Detection and diagnosis of diseases; 2) Mutations in mice in months instead of years; 3) Law enforcement weapon on the horizon is a micro-robot about the size of a june bug; 4) Some landfills may be serving as bioreactors, turning inorganic mercury into methylated -- or organic -- mercury.
Manufacturers working to produce better wear- and corrosion-resistant coatings and materials are invited to come to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and capture a bolt of lightning, courtesy of Vortek Industries of Canada.
Established programs in lightweight materials, intelligent vehicle systems, and advanced diesels place the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory firmly in the cab when it comes to the 21st Century Truck Partnership.
A point-and-shoot portable instrument to protect people and the environment is a product of some 20 years of research by a Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist.
Physics - Looking for a break. Engineering - Paying dividends for businesses. Medical - The digital pig. Environment - Zebrafish is perfect guinea pig.
Thousands of miles from the Pacific Northwest, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory work to preserve the salmon habitat and balance power generation needs.
HEALTH -- Obesity gene discovered. EXPLORATION -- Real-world survivors. MILITARY -- Not your father's tank. ENERGY -- Power to the people.
1)Better CPR a heartbeat away? 2)Safer skies; 3) Ocean's biology under spotlight; 4)Driving dangerously.
ZeTek Power Corp. will soon be using technology licensed from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and setting up shop in East Tennessee.
ELECTRONICS - New transistor on the block. ENVIRONMENT - Manure: The other energy resource. ENERGY - Fuel of the future? ENVIRONMENT - Solving the mercury mystery.
An invasion of tree-destroying Asian Longhorned Beetles could be slowed or perhaps stopped with a larvae detection system being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Sales of radioisotopes to treat cancer increased significantly this year at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, although overall revenue from radioisotopes declined.
nLine, a start-up Austin, Texas, company using a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received an Advanced Technology Program award of $9.4 million.
1- ENERGY - Super-efficient water heater; 2- NUCLEAR ENERGY - Next-generation safe power plants; 3- HEALTH - Lifesaver in the battlefield; 4- PHYSICS - Two protons at a time.
Some of the secrets to achieving fusion energy may be unlocked by calculations developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and run on the lab's supercomputer.
Manufacturers of portable instruments or test kits to detect explosives or polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and transformer oil will have a better idea of how well their gear works after participating in a program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
A whole new technology awaits exploration with the discovery of a technique for trapping single atoms, say scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
(1) MEDICAL-SeizAlert to the rescue; (2) CHEMISTRY-Micromixing the easy way; (3) MAPPING-Population distribution a click away; (4) CHEMISTRY-Trapping single atoms.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Technology 2020 have formed a partnership to help create more jobs in East Tennessee. Called the Center for Entrepreneurial Growth, the partnership will focus on taking technology developed at ORNL and using the technology to form new companies.
Researchers and engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won three R&D 100 Awards, pushing their national lab-leading total to 107 since the awards began in 1963.
Scientists studying the ability of bacteria to clean up contaminated groundwater and soil will be able to do basic research at a field site at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation.
Recently acquired supercomputers from IBM and Compaq have made Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) home to the most powerful unclassified computers in the nation and are advancing its leadership role in computational science.
Determining when a crime victim died can make the difference between a criminal going free or being brought to justice, and researchers at ORNL are developing a system that could help justice prevail.
Lumberyards everywhere could revolutionize their businesses with a microwave pretreatment system that reduces from about two months to 10 days the amount of time needed to dry hardwoods.
1- DOE Electronic Notebook; 2- Manufacturers of components made of plastics, polymers and metals may be able to reduce time and energy costs significantly; 3- World's smartest transistor; 4- New sensor is "Johnny on the spot."
A first-of-its-kind facility for testing brakes of commercial trucks could help put a screeching halt to hundreds of accidents caused by mechanical failures.
The Advanced Propulsion Technology Center at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been designated a DOE national user facility.
An instrument that can detect tiny (nano) explosions could lead to an inexpensive hand-held device to screen people and luggage at airports or to detect land mines.
Electronic transistors may one day be replaced by all-optical transistors, which are in early stages of development at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Scientists have a new X-ray crystal microscope to study interconnects and other materials made up of small disoriented crystal blocks called grains because of the work of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Exposures to environmental tobacco smoke may be lower than earlier studies indicated for bartenders, waiters, and waitresses, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers.
Flat-screen, high-definition televisions and flat-panel displays could be more affordable with an emerging ORNL technology that could lower the cost of owning and operating these modern marvels.
Armed with an automated weigh-in-motion system being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. military forces could increase mobility and decrease mistakes when loading vehicles on transport planes and ships.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are applying the use of positrons, or anti-electrons, to the task of measuring tiny defects, called vacancies, in the surface of common material.
Solar energy could get a mega-boost, effectively gaining a three-fold improvement over conventional technology, with a system being developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1- Energy: solar energy; 2- Environment: a cleaner fuel; 3- Electronics: a deeper shade of purple; 4- Military: weighing on the fly.
BIOLOGY -- Spinach and chips, CHEMISTRY -- New tool for archaeologists, BIOLOGY -- 10 billion for dinner, ELECTRONICS -- New smart surfaces, ENVIRONMENT -- Reigning in uranium
Light-colored roofs that reflect the sun's heat can save consumers' money, and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is working with the roofing industry to predict the amount of savings and establish standards to help consumers compare materials.
ENERGY -- A cool concept, INSTRUMENTATION -- Sensor in a drum, ENVIRONMENT -- Compare from your chair, ENERGY -- Putting a tiger in your tank.
People with head injuries may one day be screened on site for brain damage using a portable instrument and a technique being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratoary.
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is tackling the data storage challenge with Probe, a newly established distributed test bed for storage-intensive applications.
COMPUTING--Probe opens possibilities, BIOLOGY--Person on a chip?, NANOTECHNOLOGY--The direct approach, CLIMATE--Fooling Mother Nature
Poco Graphite is expanding its product base with Grafoam, a material developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that could lead to more powerful laptop computers and better aerodynamics in automobiles.
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