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A nanoscale view into the inner workings of lithium-ion batteries could yield critical clues to overall battery performance. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences used a method called electrochemical strain microscopy to take an unprecedented look at ...
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Technology developed more than 100 years ago to wirelessly transmit electricity is being adapted to locate clandestine graves. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Charles Van Neste and colleagues are transmitting electromagnetic waves to penetrate the ground and set up a resonance in buried bones. "The ...
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We are all familiar with the change water goes through under the influence of falling temperatures, evolving from a disordered liquid to an ordered solid. What we may not know, however, is that such — known as phase transitions — can also be found within the nucleus of a single atom. In th...
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Through a network that consists of hundreds of low-cost monitors that plug into standard 110-volt outlets, GridEye can play a role in ensuring the reliability of the nation's power grids. The system, developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides real-time information about dyna...

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Within a couple of years, patients may have their test results for the AIDS virus, cancer, tuberculosis or other diseases before they leave the doctor's office.

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Two researchers from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are among 60 recipients of the 1997 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The awards are the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers begi...
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Dr. William E. Doll of the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been elected president-elect of the Near Surface Geophysics Section (NSGS) of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).Doll will serve a one-year term as pre...
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A symposium in honor of 50 years of mammalian genetics research at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7 at ORNL's Wigner Auditorium.Mammalian genetics research in Oak Ridge began in November 1947 when Dr. William Russe...
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Dr. Tony Gabriel of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), will present "Spallation Neutron Source - Overview of Target Systems," during a showcase lecture at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 in ORNL's Wigner Auditorium.Gabriel is the director of the target systems for the N...
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Dr. Peter Cummings of the Chemical Technology Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will chair a National Science Foundation workshop Nov. 3 in Arlington, Va.