Artificial intelligence tools secure tomorrow’s electric grid
Power market restructuring in California has focused the nation's attention on the problems, but they can be fixed as the market is allowed to adjust. Brendan Kirby of the lab's Power Systems Research program notes that deregulation of the telephone industry caused a temporary uproar but consumers a...
Genetically, mice are similar to humans, so the discovery of a fat gene in mice at ORNL could lead to a better understanding of why some people have more problems than others keeping their weight under control. Even though researchers had these particular mice on a low-fat diet since they were born,...
Tomorrow's ground combat system will bear little semblance to today's tank. It's likely to be smaller, lighter and more versatile than today's 67-ton M1A2 Abrams tank. That will allow it to be shipped quickly anywhere a conflict erupts. It's also likely to rely on speed, advanced weapons and flexibi...
Drivers bombarded with phone calls, e-mails and other distractions are more likely to make mistakes. That's no big surprise, but it's been confirmed by an ORNL study in which several drivers missed turns, ran stop signs and sometimes crashed while using in-vehicle information systems and devices. Fo...
Air travel could become even safer in the future because of work being done by researchers at ORNL and the National Transportation Research Center. In one project, researchers are applying work done to make the nuclear industry safer to identifying precursors to airline accidents. By studying and co...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could get a beneficial jolt because of an ORNL study that has produced some startling results. Researchers found that the direction and magnitude of the flow depends upon the frequency of the forcing function. During CPR, it's not known whether the heart acts as a...
Technology developed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and other Oak Ridge facilities is making a difference among U.S. industries, recently released statistics show.
Dr. Fang Peng, a researcher with the Engineering Technology Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), recently received the First Prize Best Paper Award of the Industrial Power Converter Committee at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/ Ind...
Tim Myrick has been named director of the Environmental Programs office at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Myrick is responsible for the interface between ORNL and Environmental Management programs administered by Lockheed Martin Energy Systems for DOE.
Los Angeles County and the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are working together to solve water pollution problems caused by urban storm water.Through a five-month cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA), ORNL researchers will use their expertise in e...