Anthropologists like Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Amy Wolfe don't assume that technology always makes for a better life. Instead, they take a longer view and want to know what implications are likely over time and possible consequences whether the technologies and applications work or do not work...
Four public nature walks are planned this spring in four different areas of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park. The schedule includes two wildflower walks April 8 and May 6, along with a couple of bird walks April 22 and April 30."Spring is a great time to exp...
In a project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Bill Whitten and Peter Reilly of ORNL'S Chemical Sciences Division are teaming with Honeywell to develop a micro gas analyzer the size of a cell phone that combines a very small gas chromatograph with a tiny mass spectromete...
Naturally occurring photosynthetic microorganisms are the focus of an invention to rapidly detect contamination of water supplies. The patent, awarded recently to a team led by Eli Greenbaum of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, advances previous work in this area but involves a method rather than...
30 in Denver. Three hundred researchers are expected to attend the event, being ha...
Two small businesses owned by U.S. military veterans were recognized for their accomplishments today at the Seventh Annual Small Business Subcontractor Awards program, sponsored by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Quality Waste Solutions, LLC earned the Service Disabled Vete...
More than 2 million hours of processing time on some of the world's most powerful computers could help Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers make significant strides in astrophysics, fusion and materials science.Two of the three ORNL projects funded through the Department of Energy's ...
Advancing hydrogen fuel cell technology as an alternative energy source to power automobiles is the goal of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Oak Ridge fuel cell director Tim Armstrong says engineers are developing a system to distribute hydrogen to future...
A technology that integrates multiple cooling systems in hybrid vehicles to create greater energy efficiency is being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Vehicle thermal management systems typically are designed to enable vehicles to operate at their highest efficiency and lowest cost while ...
The atomic physics community is getting a boost with the just-completed upgrade of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Multicharged Ion Research Facility. Researchers have been conducting experiments at MIRF since 1984. The upgrade, which broadens its range of available energies by five orders of magnit...