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ORNL's newly licensed neutron detector will advance human disease research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A neutron detector developed for studies focused on life science, drug discovery and materials technology has been licensed by PartTec Ltd. The Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection technologies is moving the technology developed at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory toward the commercial marketplace.

September 2012 story tips

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oklahoma's ClimateMaster Inc. have collaborated to develop a ground source heat pump that can reduce a homeowner's electric bill by up to 60 percent. Owners of electric cars could kiss that cumbersome cord goodbye without losing efficiency because of a proprietary technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Oak Ridge partnership merges strengths of lab, private sector

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

An Oak Ridge engineering services firm with an international footprint has teamed with scientists to form a subsidiary and market an award-winning text analysis system. The technology has been used to find and arrest child predators and to uncover illicit activities.

ORNL researchers probe invisible vacancies in fuel cell materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Knowing the position of missing oxygen atoms could be the key to cheaper solid oxide fuel cells with longer lifetimes. New microscopy research from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is enabling scientists to map these vacancies at an atomic scale.

Journal: Nature Materials

ORNL technology moves scientists closer to extracting uranium from seawater

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fueling nuclear reactors with uranium harvested from the ocean could become more feasible because of a material developed by a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Meeting: American Chemical Society's 244th National Meeting & Exposition

ORNL researchers improve soil carbon cycling models

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new carbon cycling model developed at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory better accounts for the carbon dioxide-releasing activity of microbes in the ground, improving scientists' understanding of the role soil will play in future climate change.

Journal: Ecological Applications

August 2012 story tips

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Data archived at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can now be more effectively discovered, used and tracked through a new research resource from Thompson Reuters. US dependence on foreign oil could be further reduced with the introduction of a patented technology. The addition of graphics processing units to today's fastest central processing units promises significant increases in supercomputing capacity.

Networcsim hoping to broaden wireless revolution

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A Tennessee company has licensed award-winning software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help industries install wireless networks more cost-effectively in challenging environments such as mines, offshore drilling platforms and factory floors.

New DataONE portal streamlines access to environmental data

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Environmental researchers who investigate climate change, invasive species, infectious diseases, and other data-intensive topics can now benefit from easy access to diverse datasets through technology released today by the Data Observation Network for Earth, or DataONE.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2012

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This release contains summaries are noteworthy research from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in July 2012.