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Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have earned honors from Science Spectrum magazine for being top minorities in their respective fields.Justin Baba of ORNL's Engineering Science and Technology Division is the recipient of the 2006 Most Promising Scientist Award to be presented at ...
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Members of Team UT-Battelle -- a volunteer organization composed of employees of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory participating in community service projects -- will be helping to build a new Habitat for Humanity home in Oak Ridge this spring and summer.Team UT-Battelle memb...
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Oak Ridge High School student Jana Elisabeth Black has received the 2006 UT-Battelle Scholarship worth up to $20,000.
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Designing complex systems such as nuclear reactors for space applications is a daunting task, but Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have made it less so by borrowing from nature.Using their genetic algorithm optimization tool, a takeoff of the natural selection process, Louis Qualls and col...
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Creative thinking and the unique capabilities of Oak Ridge National Laboratory could play a role in realizing some of the goals outlined in the comprehensive "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" report commissioned by The National Academies. ORNL's Craig Blue, deputy director of technology for th...
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Estimates of increased plant respiration in response to higher global temperatures may be somewhat overstated as they have not taken into account plants' ability to adjust to changing conditions, according to researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In a Perspectives paper published Apri...
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Celebrating the accomplishments of women in science will be the theme of a program Monday afternoon at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Oak Ridge's Lynn Kszos says the program will focus on several highlights. "We will highlight the technical accomplishments of wome...
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A center to prepare and measure radioactivity standards used for a new nuclear medicine technology has been dedicated at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Michael Schultz of the National Institute of Standards and Technology says the center will focus on Positron Emissio...
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Four public nature walks are planned this spring in four different areas of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park. The schedule includes two wildflower walks April 8 and May 6, along with a couple of bird walks April 22 and April 30."Spring is a great time to exp...
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Two small businesses owned by U.S. military veterans were recognized for their accomplishments today at the Seventh Annual Small Business Subcontractor Awards program, sponsored by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Quality Waste Solutions, LLC earned the Service Disabled Vete...