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1) Getting to the finish line quickest with the least environmental impact. 2) A new instrument able to detect chemical residues from a distance. 3) BitTorrent tracker 4) Cybersecurity 5) Neutrons pierce polymers 6) Researchers are studying how to build coatings in which polymer layering will hold until drugs reach that part of the body for which they are intended.

Crystals and ceramics pale when compared to a material researchers discovered that has 10 times their piezoelectric effect, making it suitable for perhaps hundreds of everyday uses.

A team led by mechanical engineers Joseph Oefelein and Jacqueline Chen of Sandia National Laboratories simulates turbulent combustion at different scales. Chen and Oefelein were allocated 113 million hours on Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's Jaguar supercomputer in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to simulate autoignition and injection processes with alternative fuels. For 2011 they received 60 million processor hours for high-fidelity simulations of combustion in advanced engines.

An ORNL invention able to quickly predict three-dimensional structure of protein could have huge implications for drug discovery and human health.

Batteries could get a boost from a discovery that increases power, energy density and safety while dramatically reducing charge time.

Dow Kokam and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working together to enhance the Michigan-based company's capabilities to develop and commercialize advanced lithium ion batteries.

Information from major hurricanes such as Katrina is being put to good use by scientists striving to understand how hurricanes intensify. A research team led by Jon Reisner of Los Alamos National Laboratory is employing the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's Jaguar supercomputer to use data from lightning detectors and even wind instruments mounted on planes flown into the eye of a hurricane to improve atmospheric models. These simulations may lead to more accurate prediction of hurricane intensities.

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