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![Ron Graves (right) with fellow Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association Hall of Fame inductee former Gov. Phil Bredesen (left) and TAMA President Rick Youngblood. Ron Graves (right) with fellow Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association Hall of Fame inductee former Gov. Phil Bredesen (left) and TAMA President Rick Youngblood.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Ron_TAMA_0.jpeg?itok=Io_izR8j)
Sitting in the driver’s seat comes naturally to Ron Graves, the recently retired head of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s sustainable transportation program. Graves has logged more than 100 days on national racetracks like Daytona, Road Atlanta, and Pocono where he routinely reache...
![2016 Billion-Ton Report 2016 Billion-Ton Report](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/billiontoncover.jpg?itok=GAyMDn7q)
The 2016 Billion Ton Report, jointly released by the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, concludes that the United States has the potential to sustainably produce at least 1 billion dry tons of nonfood biomass resources annually by 2040.
![Simon Pallin Simon Pallin](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2016-P03211%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=hdeihAm_)
A scientist that sings opera and performs in musical theater? Sure. If you're a Renaissance Man like Simon Pallin. Pallin is a researcher in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Buildings Technologies Research & Integration Center. But his early interests and activities reveal a versatile person that could have chosen a number of occupations.
![Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest. Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/3-D%20heat%20tip_0.jpg?itok=LlDjQU2S)
![Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest. Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/inspections%20on%20the%20fly.png?itok=huO6X1rA)
Production run spot checks of materials for lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells could be a thing of the past because of a process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The infrared/thermal nondestructive evaluation technique invented by a team led by David Wood examines key parameters such as porosity and thickness of the coating in real time without destroying product.
![Cistern Spring in Yellowstone National Park is home to the elusive archaeon Nanopusillus acidilobi. Cistern Spring in Yellowstone National Park is home to the elusive archaeon Nanopusillus acidilobi.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Cistern%20Spring_0.jpg?itok=42sflnH5)
![Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening. Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/greening_figure_copy.jpg?itok=7jkyb1SK)
![Gas bubbles are released from a saturated part of the Barrow Environmental Observatory. Gas bubbles are released from a saturated part of the Barrow Environmental Observatory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/04%20Gas_2012_0.jpeg?itok=eLaly2-v)
![Baohua Gu Baohua Gu](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2014-P04970.png?itok=ZR6bEAk5)
Baohua Gu, a distinguished senior scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
![Future Formula E cars could be powered by batteries that feature up to 30 percent increased energy density. Future Formula E cars could be powered by batteries that feature up to 30 percent increased energy density.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/01%20batteries%20tip.jpg?itok=KDFrvFoY)
Drivers of Formula E cars may soon no longer have to change cars midway through the race, thanks to a battery coating technology developed by XALT Energy of Michigan and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. By depositing a nanoscale layer of alumina on oxide cathodes, researchers have incre...