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A robotic arm developed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) makes it possible for soldiers to go to war with a safer, more effective, automated cannon.Using a new Crusader system, soldiers on the battlefield will be able to reload a self-propelled howitzer-a can...
Dr. Steven E. Lindberg, a senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been recognized by two magazines, Science Watch and Current Contents, as the author of one of the most widely cited papers publish...
Dr. Anthony V. Palumbo, group leader for microbial interactions in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was invited by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in the review of the 1995 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I proposals on biotechnical, biophysical and macromolecular systems.
On December 21, six employees from the Research Reactors Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will be the first graduates to receive associate's degrees through an accredited program that allows ORNL shift workers to earn degrees in nuclear engineering t...
A new software system developed for one of the world's most powerful computers is helping researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) obtain answers to questions more quickly than ever.
Electric cars, adjustable-speed motors, heat pumps, fans and compressors may benefit from a new electric power inverter developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).The Resonant Snubber Inverter (RSI), invented by engineers in the Digital and Pow...
Minority business leaders and members of Historically Black Colleges and Universities are invited to attend an intensive Department of Energy (DOE) training program to enhance business expertise and competitiveness in manufacturing.
A new type of steel wall stud for home construction, which improves energy efficiency of wall systems at least 10 percent, has been tested in the Buildings Technology Center at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
LeRoy Landers, a professor of architecture at the...
When it comes to the impact of scientific papers, measured by citations in journals of materials science and metallurgy, researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are among the world's leaders.
Dr. Tommy Wright, a researcher in the Mathematical Sciences Section of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA).Dr. Wright received a master's and a doctorate degree in statistics from The Ohio State Un...