Small streams disrupted by military training activities or commercial development can be restored with simple and inexpensive measures, according to findings of a group headed by Pat Mulholland of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Researchers from ORNL and Auburn University learned that streams can be ...
A new data mining tool developed by Forrest Hoffman and colleagues could lead to a better understanding of Earth's climate systems and to more accurate models. Using a novel cluster analysis technique to classify and group data, the researchers are able to take extract and compare relevant patterns ...
ORNL researchers have discovered a carbon nanotube-based system that functions like an atom-scale switch. Their approach is to perform first-principles calculations on positioning a molecule inside a carbon nanotube to affect the electronic current flowing across it. The result is an electrical gate...
Bacteria cells outnumber human cells in the average healthy human body by a factor of almost ten. Now researchers are asking if those resident microorganisms play a larger role in who we are than previously thought. ORNL researchers are joining an international collaboration to learn more about the ...
Fusion power is a holy grail of our energy future, promising eventually to provide cheap, plentiful electricity with a minimum of environmental concerns and no greenhouse gases. Before it does, however, scientists must learn to control and contain an ionized gas hotter than the sun. Theoretical phy...
The Department of Energy's recent evaluation of laboratory performance awarded UT-Battelle a grade of A in the area of Science and Technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. DOE's "report card" rated UT-Battelle's performance from October 2006 through September 2007 on eight performance goals...
James J. Hack, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., has been appointed director of the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS), a leadership computing facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
"Matching the talents of an acclaimed university with the resources of a world-class national laboratory emphasizes the importance of training the next generation of scientists," William Valdez, Director of Workforce Development for the Department of Energy's Office of Science said.
KNOXVILLE, Jan. 23, 2008 Twenty-five years after its founding, a joint research center in East Tennessee is taking on new growth and capabilities that will impact America's energy and security future.
The Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research (JIHIR), founded in 1982, is a partnership between ...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory will lead research and development work for the automotive supplier industry initiated through the U.S. Automotive Partnership for Advancing Research and Technologies, or USAutoPARTs collaborative announced today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit...