Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, s...
With the United States' demand for electricity expected to double over the next 20 years, the nuclear power option is gaining strength.Nuclear plant construction has been non-existent for over 30 years. Jim Rushton, who oversees the nuclear technology program at the Department of Energy's...
A device that could create custom-tailored medical compounds faster than ever before is one of the first projects launched under the new Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
to-be opened Center for Nanophase Materials Science at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory convene this week to discuss their proposed projects for the new facility to study very small materials.CNMS Director Doug Lowndes said the mee...
More than 1,200 scientists from around the world will be at the Knoxville Convention Center beginning Monday, May 16 for the Particle Accelerator Conference.
Three researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named UT-Battelle Corporate Fellows.
The appointees are Robert J. Harrison, Computer Science and Mathematics; Anthony Mezzacappa, Physics; and Thomas G. Thundat, Life Sciences.
"All three of ...
Tennessee Education Commissioner Lana Seivers hopes to increase teacher internship opportunities with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Visiting ORNL Thursday, Seivers said these internships are valuable to both teachers and scientists.
Twenty-five years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, a new book describes the thriving re-establishment of plants and animals there.
Four technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have earned Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.The technologies are the MicroCAT X-ray micro-computed tomography for biological research,...
A microbial community thriving under bizarre natural conditions in California could be a gold mine to researchers in their quest to understand the complex biological relationships and how these inner workings might apply on a grander scale.
Kellen Daniel O'Connor of Farragut High School has received the 2005 UT-Battelle Scholarship worth up to $20,000.