Thomas Lee Ferrell of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society for his invention of the photon scanning tunneling microscope.
Tuan Vo-Dinh, a UT-Battelle corporate fellow, director of the Center for Advanced Biomedical Photonics, and leader of the Advanced Biomedical Science and Technology Group in the Life Sciences Division, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
After just two months, a partnership between ORNL and the Institute at Biltmore has hit full stride in support of entrepreneurs and economic development in Western North Carolina.
1) MATERIALS -- Power to Saturn; 2) PHYSICS -- Old in the tooth; 3) CHEMISTRY -- Photons on missions.
A technology with proven environmental, forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an invention.
Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won three R&D 100 Awards, pushing their national lab-leading total to 119 since the awards began in 1963.
Schools, hospitals, dormitories and theaters could be a lot more comfortable during steamy summers because of a partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry.
Thousands of special agents created at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are on missions 24 hours a day as they work to uncover threats to national security.
1) Materials -- Tricking the sun; 2) Superconductors -- Solving a mystery; 3) Environment -- Mapping carbon flux
A study might help explain whether there is a relationship between inhalation of small particles, reduced heart rate variability and death.
Touting potential economic benefits to Tennessee, the state's head of economic development helped dedicate a new $10 million facility Friday to house the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), one of the world's most powerful research reactors, is marking a milestone this month -- its 400th fuel cycle since it began operation in 1966.
1) Health -- Environmental respiration risks; 2) Automobiles -- Sparking a revolution; 3) Chemistry -- Sophisticated separations
Researchers have developed a nanoscale technology for investigating biomolecular processes in single living cells. The new technology enables researchers to monitor and study cellular signaling networks, including the first observation of programmed cell death in a single live cell.
Spring's lush green lawns and hot pink shoes contribute at least in a small way to the world's total carbon picture, say researchers.
New atom-scale images promise to provide researchers the ability to predict and model the properties and behavior of advanced ceramic materials.
Scientists and researchers around the nation are closer to being connected via high-speed networks that live up to their promise because of an agreement between ORNL and National LambdaRail.
1) Protective gear -- High-tech for first responders; 2) Chemistry -- Self-organizing polymers; 3) Space -- Fuel for the future; 4) Automobiles -- Look ma, no belts.
Marilyn Brown, director of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, has earned the 2004 James R. Anderson Medal of Applied Geography.
Tennessee could become a model for the nation when it comes to protecting the public from chemical, biological, or radiological releases. Already, sensors that are part of ORNL's SensorNet are deployed in Nashville, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge, and in other parts of the nation.
More accurate global climate models are in the forecast because of a collaboration between ORNL and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Includes: 1) COMPUTING -- Safer highways; 2) SENSORS -- A nose for chemicals; 3) HOMELAND SECURITY -- New neutron detectors; 4) PARTNERING -- Bringing industries together.
Four of the 24 awards to be presented in May for outstanding work in the process of transferring a technology to the commercial marketplace will go to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Building a "green" mega-facility posed many challenges, but Oak Ridge National Laboratory wants to lead by example, and the effort has paid off with a 2003 Excellence in Construction award from a major contractors association.
Trees absorb more carbon dioxide when the amount in the atmosphere is higher, but the increase is unlikely to offset the higher levels of CO2, according to results from large-scale experiments.
A contract for $2.6 million has been awarded to a Nashville company to provide a key component for the Spallation Neutron Source. The inner plug assembly (IPA) represents one of the largest procurements for the SNS target systems, and was awarded to RTS Nuclear Solutions International.
1) Space -- life beyond earth; 2) Computing -- 10 trillion and counting; 3) Astrophysics --theory behind the spectacle
1) Energy -- Nearly too cheap to meter; 2) Military -- 'Fort-to-port' lickety-split; 3) Health -- Decontamination in a flash; 4) Biology -- Attacking bioterrorism.
It's looking and feeling a lot less like Christmas in many parts of the country as higher temperatures and fewer snowfalls are becoming the norm from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve.
Big science requires big computers that generate vast amounts of data that must be shared efficiently, so the Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded Oak Ridge National Laboratory $4.5 million to design a network up to the task.
1) FORENSICS -- Microbial detectives; 2) GENETICS -- New mice, new opportunities; 3) TRANSPORTATION -- More practical fuel cell; 4) PHYSICS -- Alternate path to success
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.
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