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Environmental sustainability and reduction of waste at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have helped Battelle Memorial Institute earn a White House Closing the Circle Award for environmental stewardship.
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Semiconducting polymers that emit light of different colors for hours instead of minutes could have a bright future in the world of cryptography. What makes this possible is a technique developed by Mike Barnes of the lab's Chemical Sciences Division that produces uniformly oriented ...
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Methods routinely used by Oak Ridge National Laboratory health physicists to do radiation measurements are helping University of Tennessee researchers determine the age of anthropological finds. A Dosimetry Applications Research Calibration Laboratory team is using radiation testing equipment to dat...
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This month's arrival at Saturn of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft following a seven-year voyage was made possible partly by work done at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The spacecraft's instruments are powered by generators that convert heat from plutonium-238 fuel into electricity. ORNL developed and...
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A technology with proven environmental, forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an invention by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Jeff Wadsworth today joined Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham in a commitment to help communities place a greater emphasis on science education. The Department of Energy, which oversees the nation's national laboratories, announced an initiative to promote...

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Physicist Jim Beene and materials scientist Steve Zinkle have been named UT-Battelle corporate fellows in recognition of their sustained and outstanding research contributions at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Retired Army Maj. Gen. Dennis Jackson of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received an association of cargo transportation and security professionals' highest award.
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Oneida High School has received a $10,000 gift from UT-Battelle that will be used to enhance and upgrade the school's science programs.Brenda Hackworth, ORNL Director of Community Outreach, presented the check to Rep. Les Winningham (D-Huntsville) during a special ceremony Tuesday at the school.Win...
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Schools, hospitals, dormitories and theaters could be a lot more comfortable during steamy summers because of a partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry. That partnership was made possible by a Department of Energy program that sou...