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1) ENERGY -- Biofuels on brink; 2) MILITARY -- Weigh-in-motion on the move; 3) Energy -- Cool cars; 4) Physics -- More, better MIRF.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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1) ENVIRONMENT -- Herbivore rampage; 2) HEALTH -- Early skin cancer detector; 3) ENERGY -- Cleaner diesel emissions; 4) PHYSICS -- SNS instruments get ready.

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A new Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiative will consolidate and expand the lab's research and development efforts in radiation detection technologies.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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1) ENVIRONMENT -- Carbon and climate; 2) ENERGY -- Better buildings; 3) ENVIRONMENT -- Eliminating kudzu.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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1) ENVIRONMENT -- Sinking CO2; 2) ENERGY -- Pure, efficient power; 3) BIOLOGY -- Single-cell analysis; 4) ELECTRONICS -- Slick surveillance system.

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1) DEFENSE -- Real war games; 2) INSTRUMENTATION -- Stressed out; 3) ASTROPHYSICS -- Connecting the dots; 4) ENVIRONMENT -- Potent protein probes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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1) ENVIRONMENT -- Nitrate's worst nightmare. 2) INSTRUMENTATION -- Symposium slated May 8-12. 3) BIOLOGY -- Microbial sleuth. 4) ENVIRONMENT -- Lower emissions.

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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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Zhiyu Hu believes it is possible to match nature's highly efficient method to convert chemicals into thermal energy at room temperature, and he has data and a published paper to support his theory.

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1) PHYSICS -- Stirring the Big Bang soup. 2) CHEMISTRY -- Molecules in jail. 3) ENERGY -- Heat pumps and more. 4) ENERGY -- Nuclear fuel study. 5) ENVIRONMENT -- Tracking truck emissions.

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1) TRANSPORTATION -- Securing Russian railcars. 2) MATERIALS -- Cooling it with magnetism. 3) AUTOMOBILES -- Silicon carbide power. 4) COMPUTING -- Maximizing computational power.

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The Department of Energy has awarded UT-Battelle an overall performance rating of "Outstanding" for the company's management of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The rating is the highest awarded by DOE and comes after an evaluation of ORNL's performance from October 2003 through September 2004.

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Jeffrey Wadsworth, director of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

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Millions of people at risk of becoming blind could one day be helped by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology originally intended to understand semiconductor defects.

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1) MATERIALS -- A layer at a time. 2) HOMELAND SECURITY -- Safe harbors. 3) GEOGRAPHY -- Case closed. 4) GENETICS -- Biosystems approach to skull disorder.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force have launched a program to help Air Force personnel upgrade their technical knowledge and skills and raise their awareness of potentially useful ORNL research and technology.

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1) FORENSICS -- The telltale tree. 2) MATERIALS -- Next-generation steel. 3) NANOSCIENCE -- On a butterfly's wings. 4) SENSORS -- Advanced fuel cells.

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Christmas costs can make us all a bit less jolly, but there are a number of ways even Ole St. Nick can save money throughout the year and help offset the high cost of the holiday.

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Dr. James B. Roberto, deputy director for science and technology at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the National Materials Advancement Award from the Federation of Materials Societies.

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1) MATERIALS -- Cool under pressure; 2) MATERIALS -- Better distributed energy; 3) PHYSICS -- Stellar nova simulations; 4) ENERGY -- Cleaner, cheaper coal power.

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Four researchers working at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are among the 308 to be elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Patients with cancers previously next to untreatable may have new hope because of a license agreement between Isotron of Norcross, Ga., and UT-Battelle, which manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Four new instruments installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor this year make the facility an even more attractive destination for researchers around the world.