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UT-Battelle will contribute $25,000 to a new East Tennessee Veterans Memorial planned for the northern end of World's Fair Park in Knoxville. The memorial will include a formation of 32 granite monuments inscribed with names of more than 6,000 veterans from 35 East Tennessee counties who have died i...

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Team UT-Battelle has raised more than $12,000 for the Susan G. Komen Knoxville Race for the Cure.
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Herbert A. Mook Jr., a senior researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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A new system to convert sunlight into electricity that will provide power to two buildings at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an early step to a technology of the future, according to laboratory director Thom Mason. "It's important that we don't just talk about...

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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have helped develop a vehicular instrument capable of locating small and weak radiation sources on a 100-meter stretch of land.Oak Ridge design engineer Lorenzo Fabris says the vehicular instrument uses images ...
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WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 18, 2007 „ The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) today released a report, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), titled "Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States." The report summarizes what is known about potential effect...

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Scientists in London will be able to use and manipulate, in real-time, leading multi-million dollar scientific instruments and technology in the United States, following this week's official launch of the Global Lab at Imperial College London.
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A new superconducting wire that can carry increasing loads of electricity has been developed and tested at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge's Parans Paranthaman says the superconducting wire can dramatically increase energy efficiency." These superconducting wires have zero resistance," ...

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The United Way campaign at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has experienced another record year, raising $916,298 for East Tennessee agencies.
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25 at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Oak Ridge's Melissa Lapsa says use of solar energy is growing throughout the Southeast. "There are federal incenti...