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Thomas Zacharia has been selected to head Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new Computing and Computational Sciences directorate.The directorate will house the Computer Science and Mathematics, Networking and Computing Technology, and Computational Sciences and Engineering divisions, as well as the C...
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Supercomputers provide researchers with powerful tools, but operating them can also be a super hassle, says an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher who heads a team working to fix the problem. Through an $11 million five-year project, ORNL and a team from universities and other Department of Ene...
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A $2.2 million contract has been awarded to design and build two multicell cooling towers for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The contract was awarded to CMC Construction Company, Inc., of Oak Ridge. Construction Management for the project is performed by Knight...
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Enormous computing power and $1.2 million from the Department of Energy are expected to help researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University better understand and control fusion machines.Fusion energy, evident in the sun and stars, is the...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) co-leads a team that will receive $20 million in funding over the next five years from the Department of Energy to speed the development of computer models to predict climate change. The project, awarded jointly to ORNL and Los Alamos National Laboratory, will al...
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A Tennessee Small Business Advocacy Award has been presented to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for its support of small business in the Volunteer State.ORNL is one of 39 organizations statewide honored for the support of small business in their respective comm...
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Lynne Parker, a researcher at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's seventh annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium.Parker, a group leader in computational intelligence within ORNL's Computer...
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Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have won two R&D 100 Awards, pushing their national lab-leading total to 109 since the awards began in 1963.The awards, announced today by ORNL Director Bill Madia, are presented annually by R&D Magaz...
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Manufacturers working to produce better wear- and corrosion-resistant coatings and materials are invited to come to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and capture a bolt of lightning, courtesy of Vortek Industries of Canada.At a ceremony today at the Department of Energy facility, researchers not...
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Minority college students from across the country are participating in a hands-on research program at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) through Aug. 17.The Research Alliance for Minorities (RAM) program - a cooperative effort among DOE, national laboratories and ...